If the reports are true, this may be good news for Nigeria and for the girls. We need to keep praying for an end to Boko Haram.
From the ABC
Boko Haram: Nigeria reaches deal with Islamic militant group over abducted schoolgirls, defence chief says
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Nigeria’s government has reached a deal with Islamic militant group Boko Haram for a ceasefire and the release of around 200 girls kidnapped six months ago from a school in the northeast town of Chibok, the defence chief said on Friday.
“I wish to inform this audience that a ceasefire agreement has been concluded,” Marshal Alex Badeh said in a statement after three days of talks with the militant group that has wreaked havoc in the northeast of Africa’s biggest oil producer.
A presidency source said the agreement stretched to the girls, who were abducted from a secondary school in Chibok near the Cameroon border in April, sparking a worldwide outcry.
The girls have remained in captivity ever since, although police and a parent of some of the missing students said last month one of the girls had been released.
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