Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Insurgents, poor schools plague northern Nigeria
By  • 14 June 2018
Back in 2014 there was an enormous international outcry after Islamic militants from the group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female high school students the town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Four years later, more than…
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Boko Haram unbowed
By  • 29 September 2016
The Islamic State’s attacks in Europe earlier this year made headlines around the world. But there’s another terrorist group that by some estimates has killed more civilians over the past few years than ISIS. That’s…
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Boko Haram refugees struggle in Cameroon
By  • 29 September 2016
"Dozens of villages and hundreds of houses have been burned." The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram may be best known for kidnapping 276 schoolgirls in 2014, a move that spurred the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign.…
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Nigerian journalist who met escaped girls speaks out
By  • 22 December 2014
When I arrived they were like “Oh finally, someone came instead of covering the story from miles away.” [caption id="attachment_4333" align="alignleft" width="200"] Chika Oduah (Courtesy photo)[/caption] After the Islamic militant group Boko Haram abducted nearly…
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No longer trending, Nigerian girls still missing
By  • 11 December 2014
#BringBackOurGirls shows the limits of social media In the history of social media, there are few campaigns that have attracted as much attention as the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The effort to aid 270 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped…
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What happened to #BringBackOurGirls?
By  • 11 December 2014
This episode of Global Journalist is audio only. Remember the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls? It was meant to draw attention to the kidnapping of 276 Nigerian girls, who were taken from their school in April…
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Nigerian army targets media after Boko Haram attacks
By  • 10 June 2014
Nigerian soldiers interfered with the distribution of several of the country’s major newspapers June 6 amid criticism over the military’s failure to free nearly 300 schoolgirls captured by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The newspapers…
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