Negotiations Ongoing For The Release Of The Chibok Girls.

According to sources, negotiations are in process for the safe release of the Chibok Girls who were abducted from their schools in April 2014.
Following an agreement made earlier in the week by the Nigerian government and Boko Haram to ceasefire, it is reported that if negotiations are concluded, there is a possible chance of the girls being released.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said;
'We can confirm reports that a ceasefire has been announced, (and) appears to have been put in place'.
'We would welcome that ceasefire, call on all parties both to implement and maintain such a ceasefire, and hope that such a ceasefire would herald the return of peace to the northeast'.
'This is a region that has far too little of that'.
However, Harf added that Washington understood the arrangement to mean that 'the negotiations about a deal to release the girls continue'.