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One Year On, Nigerians Still Fighting To 'Bring Back Our Girls'

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The latest video released by Boko Haram of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls shows the girls dressed in full hijab and chanting passages from the Koran. (Screenshot)
The latest video released by Boko Haram of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls shows the girls dressed in full hijab and chanting passages from the Koran. (Screenshot)

A year ago today, nearly 300 girls were abducted from a school in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram. Dozens escaped, mostly in the days right after they were taken, but the rest - 219 young women - are still missing, despite worldwide attention and demands to "Bring Back Our Girls."

Nigeria's President-elect Muhammadu Bhuari said today that his government would "do everything in its power to bring them home," but that he "cannot promise that we can find them."

Here & Now's Robin Young gets the latest from Michelle Faul, Nigeria bureau chief for the Associated Press.

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This segment aired on April 14, 2015.

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