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A decade after Chibok kidnappings, Nigeria struggles to halt child abductions

Jummai Mutah (left) and Amina Ali (right), two Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram, take part in an event marking the 10th anniversary of the abductions on April 4, 2024. © Mansur Ibrahim, AP

Jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls on the night of April 14, 2014, from a school in Chibok, some 80 of whom have never been freed. Hundreds more children have since been abducted, with the Nigerian government seemingly powerless to stop the militants and criminal gangs behind the kidnappings.

Ten years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in the middle of the night by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.

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