Boko Haram send 'proof of life' video on Chibok girls (CNN)

Boko Haram has sent a "proof of life" video which shows 15 of the more than 200 girls abducted by Islamist fighters from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok two years ago, CNN reported on Wednesday.

The video showed the girls wearing black hijabs in an unspecified location, stating their names, that they were taken from Chibok and the date of the recording — December 25, 2015, the broadcaster said.

Two of the three mothers of the 219 schoolgirls still missing since the mass abduction on April 14, 2014 recognized their daughters on the video but another broke down as hers was not there.

All three, however, identified all the girls, as did a classmate, who was at home on the day of the kidnapping.

The video is the first concrete indication that at least some the girls are still alive since a previous video released publicly by Boko Haram in May 2014...
  [i24news.tv]
14/4/16
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