What happened to the 270 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram?

Boko Haram kidnapped 270 girls 10 months ago. Snatched from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria, the missing reports of these young girls caused a widespread international protest and demand for the girls to be brought back home.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The 270 girls were kidnapped in April 2014; 219 of the 270 are still missing.

Although the brutal and publicly horrific kidnappings became global news and many organizations, including President Barack Obama and First Lady, Michelle Obama, openly spoke out against the horrors creating the hashtag #bringbackourgirls, no real progress in getting the young ladies back has been seen.

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In fact, Boko Haram sees the massive kidnapping as a win for them.

"It's devastating," said Bukky Shonibare, and activist in Abjua, of the kidnappings. "It makes you wonder, what is being done."

Boko Haram has since abducted hundreds of other boys, girls and women.

At times, more than 50 teenage girls are shoved into one house where they are regularly beaten if they do not "study Quarnic verses or conduct daily Muslim prayers," explained Daily Mail. The newly captured girls are shown videos of the 219 kidnapped school girls, dressed in hijabs that only show their faces.

According to escaped captives, the militant group often brags about the Chibok girls, saying they have been converted to Muslim, married to militants and are trained to fight against women.

"They told me the Chibok girls have a new life where they learn to fight," stated a 15-year-old escaped refugee, Abigail John, to Daily Mail. "They said we should be like them and accept Islam."

John was captured by the terrorists and kept for more than four weeks before escaping after the Nigerian army liberated the town she was held in.

"They said they are doing the work of God, so they will not touch us," explains an anonymous 16-year-old on why they are not raping them.

"Do you think you are better than those Chibok girls that we kidnapped?" the militants would ask when their new captures would refuse marriage or change.

The growing number of captured young boys, women and girls adds to Boko Haram's more terrifying and violent attacks. According to U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, the group has killed more than 10,000 people in the past year. This terrifying number is compared to the 2,000 people killed in the previous 4 years.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan once again promised his people the girls would be brought home alive. "Give us some time over the Chibok girls. The story will be better in a few weeks."

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Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin have all pledged to join forces, creating a multinational force in the African Union. 8,750 troops are geared up and prepared to try to stamp out Boko Haram.

According to Daily Mail, this multinational force is expected to be formally launched in the next month, however, Chadian soldiers are already actively fighting Boko Haram militants inside Nigeria and Cameroon.

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