Chibok schools reopen for exams

The local government area of Chibok, in Borno State, Nigeria, became infamously well known to the world after two hundred schoolgirls were kidnapped from a local school in 2014. Six years later now, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has started conducting school exams in Chibok once again. Is this a sign of improved security in the area? We ask Dr. Allen Manasseh, spokesperson for Chibok.

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(Photo: The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement has marked the 2000th day of the Chibok girls' abduction by terrorist group Boko Haram with a call on the Federal Government to step up efforts to free the remaining hostages. Credit: Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)