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How a Twitter Hashtag Changed the Rules of War

March 17, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically disrupting not only our daily lives but society itself. This show features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the deeper economic, political, and technological consequences of the pandemic. It’s our new daily podcast trying to make longterm sense out of the chaos of today’s global crisis. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson, the co-authors of Bring Back Our Girls, to discuss the events of the 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in Nigeria. From the episode: Joe Parkinson: These tweets made a huge difference and continue to make a huge difference to the conflict in northeast Nigeria. They really redrew the battle lines. And the American drones that deployed in 2014, they’re still flying there, and the deployment has now become a bigger operation across four countries. And the insurgency continues. Most of the Nigerian ministers that we spoke to wh

Nigerian airstrike kills 10 Chibok girls during rescue operation, new book claims

The book – Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria’s Missing Schoolgirls – written by Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw was published in March 2021. Drew Hinshaw was a correspondent for Wall Street Journal in West Africa. He now covers Europe. Joe Parkinson is currently the Africa Bureau Chief for Wall Street Journal. According to the duo, the inadvertent killing of the schoolgirls happened when a Nigerian military warplane, fired a rocket on a supposed insurgent hideout in 2016. x But some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped from their school hostel on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram fighters, were kept at the spot.

Air strike killed 10 Chibok hostages during military rescue campaign, book says

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Zannah Mustapha/Handout When the rocket hurtled out of the sky and exploded in their camp in the dense Sambisa Forest, the abducted Chibok schoolgirls had no advance warning. The blast triggered a wall of flames and shrapnel, killing at least 10 of the hostages and leaving many others with horrendous injuries. Nigerian air force commanders swiftly denied any knowledge of the botched attack after early reports emerged in August, 2016, and the incident remained shrouded in mystery. But a new book gives a detailed account of the rocket strike – one of the most disastrous moments of the international military hunt for the abducted students who had become a global cause célèbre.

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