{"id":14636,"date":"2014-05-26T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nigeria-government-calls-off-deal-with-boko-haram\/"},"modified":"2014-05-26T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:48:21","slug":"nigeria-government-calls-off-deal-with-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nigeria-government-calls-off-deal-with-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Government Calls Off Deal with Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A deal for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria was close to being secured when the Nigerian government called it off local media reported.}}<\/p>\n

Some of the girls were set to be freed in exchange for imprisoned Islamist militants, reporters said.<\/p>\n

Boko Haram group snatched more than 200 girls from a school on 14 April.<\/p>\n

Nigeria’s government is under pressure to do more to tackle the group and bring about the girls’ release.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have died since Boko Haram began a violent campaign against the Nigerian government in 2009 and in the subsequent security crackdown.<\/p>\n

‘All options open’<\/p>\n

Sources say officials have held talks with the group to secure the release of the schoolgirls.<\/p>\n

An intermediary met Boko Haram leaders earlier this month and visited the location in north-east Nigeria where the girls were being held.<\/p>\n

A deal was almost reached to set some of the girls free in exchange for the release of 100 Boko Haram members being held in detention, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

But the government cancelled the planned agreement shortly before the swap was due to take place.<\/p>\n

The reasons for the withdrawal are unclear.<\/p>\n

It came just after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan attended a meeting in Paris hosted by President Francois Hollande of France where leaders said they had agreed a “global and regional action plan” against Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

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