Nigerian officials claim to know the location of the missing girls

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Nigerian officials claim to know the location of the missing girls
(Image credit: (Joe Raedle/Getty Images))

Nigeria's highest ranking military officer said on Monday that he has the location of the 200 missing school girls who have been held by Boko Haram militants since April 14.

"The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you," Chief of Defense Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh told reporters.

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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.