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## Video: Boko Haram Denies Cease-Fire, Says Schoolgirls Were 'Married Off’

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_Published 2014-11-01. Boko Haram has released a new video denying any cease-fire with the Nigerian government or talks to release the more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls._


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## Transcript

In the on going back and forth between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram, the militant terrorist groups leader has now denied both a cease fire with the government, plans to release the more than 200 kidnapped school girls. Abubakar Shekau seen in this video from early October released a more recent message. Friday, saying the missing schoolgirls have converted to Islam and have all been married off. If true it stands as a complete reversal of reports from earlier this month that the Nigerian government was in the process of freeing the girls, and working on a much needed ceasefire with Boko Haram.

The cease fire was initially questioned as a possible pre election publicity stunt by the government and further attacks on villages by Boko Haram cast it further into doubt. After the release of this latest video an Al Jazeera correspondent reporting from Nigeria's capital says there's a feeling the country is back at square one and freeing the kidnapped girls. But the general feeling here is that of anxiety, of fear, of that sense that we are back to where we were two weeks ago. This isn't the only time military officials and Boko Haram have offered up conflicting reports. In September, Cameroonian officials claimed they had killed [ UNKNOWN ], showing a grainy photo as proof.

Proof. A month later he appeared in a video telling officials he was still alive. A recent report from Human Rights Watch revealed new details on the conditions those kidnapped by the terrorist group face. Including abuse, forced labor and forced participation in military operations.

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