Boko Haram abduction: US and UK step up military effort to find girls

Boko Haram abduction: US and UK step up military effort to find girls

Off By Sharon Black

Surveillance planes fly over remote forest area where jihadist militants are thought to be holding more than 200 schoolgirls

The US and Britain have stepped up military assistance to the Nigerian government as part of a mounting international effort to find and rescue more than 200 teenage girls abducted by Islamist militants almost a month ago.

US surveillance planes have begun flying missions over a remote area of the country, and Washington has also sent experts to “dig in on the search” and provided the government with satellite images.

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