Nigeria gets UK, China satellite help on abducted girls

Nigerian authorities announced on Wednesday that Britain and China had pledged to deploy satellite imaging and tracking technologies to help the country in its search for scores of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram rebels last month in the northern Borno State. "President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday requested and received a commitment from Britain to deploy its intelligence gathering resources in support of Nigeria’s security agencies currently engaged in the search and rescue operation," presidential spokesman Reuben Abati said in a statement. More

(Source: www.worldbulletin.net - May 9)