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A woman reacts during a protest in Abuja, Nigeria, Aug. 15, 2020. The demonstration was against the continued killings in southern Kaduna and insecurities in Nigeria. (Credit: Afolabi Sotunde/ Reuters via CNS.)
One Nigerian nun has warned that unless something is done soon to stop violence in her country, they are headed for catastrophe.
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Nigerian Governor Says 279 Kidnapped Students Freed
March 02, 2021
An official embraces a girl who was kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, as she heads for a medical check-up after her release in Zamfara, Nigeria March 2, 2021. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
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Hundreds of Nigerian girls who were kidnapped last week from a school in the country’s northwestern Zamfara state have been released.
The leader of Zamfara state announced the girls’ release on Tuesday. There has been a series of such kidnappings in the West African nation in recent years.
279 Nigerian girls freed after kidnapped from boarding school, governor says
By Lekan Oyekanmi and Sam Olukoya
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A group of girls previously kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria arrive on March 2, 2021 at the Government House in Gusau, Zamfara State upon their release. (Photo by Aminu ABUBAKAR / AFP) (Photo by AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP via Getty Im
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GUSAU, Nigeria - Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, as the West African nation faces a spate of school kidnappings.
The girls, ages 10 and up, dressed in light blue hijabs and barefoot, packed into Zamfara state’s Government House conference room. They appeared calm, chatting to one another as they sat in long rows while journalists photographed them. They will receive a medical checkup before being returned to their parents.
GUSAU, Nigeria (AP) Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country s northwest have been released, a state governor sai