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Boko Haram Releases Some Kidnapped Girls, Warns Parents to Keep Their Daughters Away From School
Early Wednesday morning, Boko Haram militants returned to the town of Dapchi, Nigeria, to release dozens of schoolgirls they abducted in February back to their families. Sky News reports that 91 of the 110 girls who had been kidnapped were returned, while the New York Times notes that a final count is still being tallied.…
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Black Billionaire Will Pay for Education of Kidnapped Chibok Girls
An African-American billionaire has offered to sponsor the education of 24 girls from the Chibok, Nigeria, community, including the 21 girls who were released from Boko Haram captivity in October, reports Forbes. Private-equity titan Robert Smith will pay for the young women to attend American University of Nigeria in Yola and will pay for tuition,…
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Chibok Girls Released by Boko Haram Reunited With Families
The 21 Chibok schoolgirls who were released to the Nigerian government last week after being kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram more than two years ago have been reunited with their families, USA Today reports. The girls were among the more than 200 students who were taken from their school in April 2014, bringing…
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Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls to the Nigerian Government
Boko Haram militants released 21 of the more than 200 girls the terrorist group originally kidnapped in 2014 in Chibok, Nigeria, the Nigerian government confirmed Thursday, Reuters reports. “The release of the girls … is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss…