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Boko Haram militants release hostage video

By Reuters
29 July 2017   |   3:30 pm
Suspected Boko Haram militants released a video on Saturday (July 29) showing three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in north eastern Nigeria, one of whom asks the government to reduce the use of force against the jihadists.

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