CNN has shown a video with fifteen of the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Islamic group Boko Haram in 2014.
In the video, the girls wearing black robes identify themselves, the name of their school and the town where they are from.
Hundreds of girls kidnapped, no answers for parents — until now. https://t.co/lEueVsFZW2 #BringBackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/iSafk0JBwj
— CNN International (@cnni) April 14, 2016
Before publication by CNN, the video was studied by Nigerian negotiators and government authorities.
The parents of the girls were informed, with some of them identifying the girls.
According to CNN the video is believed to have been recorded in December 2015.
The schoolgirls were abducted two years ago from a school in the town of Chibok, in a Northern district of Nigeria.
The kidnapping of the girls triggered the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls, involving a host of celebrities and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama.
The Nigerian town robbed of its girls#BringBackOurGirlshttps://t.co/7MJsZgiSvf pic.twitter.com/UPcHS2ijbG
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 14, 2016
(Image: CNN)
