On 14 April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 275 girls from the government secondary school in the Christian-dominated town of Chibok, Borno State.
43 girls escaped, some during the attack at the school and others during the journey to a camp in the Sambisa forest, where the captive girls were initially kept.
Criticism of the Government
One year on, the 232 girls taken that night from Chibok remain in rebel custody. It is not clear where they are being held. The first of the babies born to the girls since their captivity arrived in mid-February this year. Four girls who managed to escape after their arrival at the Boko Haram camp reported that they were raped on an almost daily basis. They said that those who did not cooperate with the rebels faced severe punishment. Some other girls, who were captured before the Chibok girls and who managed to escape after varying times in captivity, said some girls were killed because they would not renounce their Christian faith.
