Nigeria Describes 3 Failed Negotiations With Boko Haram on Kidnapped Girls More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the terrorist group in July 2015, and three times government negotiations have failed. By DIONNE SEARCEY and CHRIS STEIN
Inspired by the U.S., West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police Abuse Citizens are increasingly deploying social media in nations where corruption and abuse by security forces sometimes occur with few repercussions. By DIONNE SEARCEY and JAIME YAYA BARRY
LENS Photographing Survivors of Boko Haram’s Reign of Terror After a far-reaching social media campaign grew quiet, one photographer has spotlighted the continuing horror, grief and confusion pervading Nigeria, a country caught in the grip of a terrorist group. By ANDREW BORYGA
John Kerry Warns Nigerian Military on Human Rights Abuses The military has been criticized for detaining, torturing or killing civilians as it hunts the Islamic militant group Boko Harm. By CHRIS STEIN and DIONNE SEARCEY
TIMESVIDEO Kerry on Efforts to Defeat Boko Haram John Kerry, speaking in Nigeria on Tuesday, expressed support for that country’s fight against Boko Haram militants. Nigeria's military said it had killed and wounded several of the group's top commanders. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boko Haram Leader Is Wounded in Airstrike, Nigeria’s Military Says The armed forces have claimed to have killed Abubakar Shekau in the past, and the latest report was impossible to independently confirm. By DIONNE SEARCEY
WHAT IN THE WORLD What’s That on Your Bumper? A Hairy Kind of Car Insurance Ponytails are attached to taxis for strength and good fortune in West Africa. Religious icons are also popular blessings for safe travel. By DIONNE SEARCEY
Nigeria Is Freeing Children From Boko Haram, Then Locking Them Up Civilians, and even infants, are ending up in military detention centers as Nigeria holds people it suspects of being sympathizers of the Islamist extremist group. By DIONNE SEARCEY
Boko Haram Video Appears to Show Bodies of Kidnapped Girls A masked, camouflaged fighter who appears in video said many of the abducted girls had died in Nigerian military airstrikes. By DIONNE SEARCEY
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