This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Islamist group Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the groups fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. Boko Haram on August 14, 2016 released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The video is the latest release from embattled Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who earlier this month denied claims that he had been replaced as the leader of the jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Five years have passed since the abduction of 230 school girls from a village in northeast Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Most of the abducted school girls are Christian.
In an extensive report, the group opendoorsusa talked with villagers, who expressed their hope and cited their prayers for a return of the kidnapped girls.
Numerous secondary schools in the African country’s north have closed due to fears of attacks by the Islamist group.
