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In this photo taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network, Monday May 12, 2014 shows the alleged missing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok. The new video purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic. It is the first public sight of the girls since more than 300 were kidnapped from a northeastern school the night of April 14 exactly four weeks ago. (AP Photo)

Scholars: Boko Haram caliphate claim may be inspired by ISIS

Catholic News Agency

Health workers with buckets, as part of their Ebola virus prevention protective gear, at an Ebola treatment center in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Liberia's armed forces were given orders to shoot people trying to illegally cross the border from neighboring Sierra Leone, which is closed to stem the spread of Ebola, local newspaper Daily Observer reported Monday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberia: 3 receiving untested Ebola drug improving

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh and John Heilprin - Associated Press

The northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza, seized earlier this month by Boko Haram militants, has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, the group's leader said in a video obtained by the Agence France-Presse. (YouTube)

Chadian troops rescue 85 Nigerian hostages from Boko Haram

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan greets some schoolgirls who escaped abduction from the Chibok government secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria. Mr. Jonathan, who faces re-election in 2015, disclosed that he has authorized third parties to try to secure the rest of the girls' safe release from the extremist group Boko Haram. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The outrage of the Islamists’ bartered ‘brides’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Aug. 6, 2014, file photo, a Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) ** FILE **

Nigeria confirms 1 more Ebola case

By Bashir Adigun - Associated Press

U.S. public relations, consulting firms find political gold in Nigeria

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks in Washington, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, during the Civil Society Forum of the US Africa Summit. President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on a continent where his commitment has been questioned. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, Nigerian president discuss efforts to defeat Boko Haram

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria speaks with The Washington Times on Monday, August 4, 2014. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian president using third parties to talk with Boko Haram, free girls

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An employee of the Monrovia City Corporation sprays disinfectant inside a government building in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. U.S. health officials warned Americans not to travel to the three West African countries hit by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history. The travel advisory issued Thursday applies to nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the deadly disease has killed more than 700 people this year. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: Ebola moving faster than control efforts

By Boubacar Diallo and Krista Larson - Associated Press

Some of the parents of the kidnapped school girls sit outside a compound during a meeting in Chibok, Nigeria. At least 11 parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again. Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

11 parents of Nigeria’s abducted girls die

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

The northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza, seized earlier this month by Boko Haram militants, has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, the group's leader said in a video obtained by the Agence France-Presse. (YouTube)

Boko Haram Islamists seize northeast Nigerian town, killing 100

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, left, shakes hands with Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, right, at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, July 14, 2014. Yousafzai on Monday won a promise from Nigeria's leader to meet with the parents of some of the 219 schoolgirls held by Islamic extremists for three months. Malala celebrated her 17th birthday on Monday in Nigeria with promises to work for the release of the girls from the Boko Haram movement. (AP Photo)

Missing girls’ parents won’t see Nigerian leader

By Lekan Oyekanmi and Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Illustration on the situation in Nigeria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ABATI: Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram

By Reuben Abati