New video of 'Chibok girls' puts pressure on Nigerian government
By Seamus Kearney



LAGOS: -- There is relief that they are still alive, but also anger that authorities are no closer to winning their release.

A new video showing more than a dozen of the 219 schoolgirls held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has emerged in Nigeria.

Emotional parents have identified some of their daughters, kidnapped from a school in the town of Chibok two years ago.

There is new pressure on the government to explain what it is doing to try to find the girls, who were sitting exams when captured.

Protesters today took to the streets on the second anniversary of the kidnapping, accusing authorities of not doing enough.

A global online social media campaign called #BringBackOurGirls has also been calling for more action on the case.

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The fear & terror in the faces of the girls in the video is heartbreaking.

Amnesty International says about 2,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram since 2014. Many are used as sex slaves, fighters and even suicide bombers.

Wow - the Nigerian Government, Army and Police actually make their Thai counterparts look efficient.