Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video obtained by AFP on Friday. The Islamist groups leader, Abubakar Shekau, also denied claims by Nigerias government that it had agreed to a ceasefire and apparently ruled out future talks. An ...

[caption id="attachment_113200" align="alignright" width="216"] afp.com / Boko Haram / HOA screengrab taken from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (centre) on July 13, 2014[/caption] Boko Haram's leader said ...