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#BringBackOurGirls goes red – and reaches a million tweets
The #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign has reached more than a million tweets – as people across the world wear red to show solidarity with more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
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Nigeria kidnappings ‘act of pure evil’ – Cameron
David Cameron says the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria three weeks ago was an “act of pure evil”, as the Nigerian police offer a $300,000 reward for information leading to their rescue.
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The world’s worst countries for conflict and violence
Syria, Central African Republic and Iraq top a new index of conflict and political violence which gives 16 countries an “extreme risk” rating and sees Ukraine jumping to 35th most at-risk country.
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Nigeria kidnappings: more girls abducted
Groups of armed men kidnapped eight more girls – most of them teenagers – and attacked a further school in Nigeria, adding to more than 200 schoolgirls abducted three weeks ago.
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#BringBackOurGirls: protest over Nigerian kidnappings
A protest is held in London to demand the Nigerian government do more to rescue more than 200 school girls abducted by militants.
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Nigeria car bomb: explosion kills dozens in Abuja
A suspected car bomb explodes in Nigeria, killing at least 15 people. The explosion hit the Abuja suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of last month’s deadly bomb attack.
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Nigerian schoolgirls: jihadis ‘willing to consider’ release
The jihadis who kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls two weeks ago say they are “willing to consider” the release of those who have not already been trafficked abroad and sold into marriage.
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Exclusive: Nigerian girls ‘alive’ and deal is ‘within reach’
A hostage negotiator in direct contact with the kidnappers of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria tells Channel 4 News their safe release is “within reach”, but that their fate rests on a knife-edge.
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‘World must wake up’ to Nigerian schoolgirl kidnap
Foreign Secretary William Hague offers help in the hunt for more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls as ex-PM Gordon Brown, now UN education envoy, tells Channel 4 News the world must wake up.
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Of little faith: world’s most dangerous places for atheists
As an Afghan citizen who is an atheist secures UK asylum for religious reasons, Channel 4 News looks at some of the countries where it is illegal to have no faith.
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Asylum seeker on hunger strike loses appeal bid
In a move branded a “death sentence” by campaigners, the High Court refuses release on bail to a Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike, but orders an urgent hearing of his case.
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Hague names British hostage believed killed in Nigeria
William Hague names a British construction worker, “likely to have been killed” at the hands of his Nigerian extremist captors, as Brendan Vaughan.
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Nigerian extremist group says hostages killed
An extremist Islamic group says it has executed seven foreign hostages, including one Briton, after kidnapping them from a construction company last month.
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‘Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed’ by soldiers in Mali
The al-Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who shot to prominence after the bloody Algerian gas plant hostage crisis, has reportedly been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali.
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France: we will not negotiate with Nigerian terrorists
France says it will not negotiate with gunmen who took a family of seven hostage last week, despite threats to kill the three adults and four children.