Hundreds of bodies remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested is the deadliest massacre in the history of Boko Haram.

People in the home town of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about a ceasefire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.

Nigeria’s government said Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate ceasefire.

Nigeria’s government and Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, officials said.