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| Nigeria Chibok girls: At least 80 freed by Boko Haram | |
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| Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released about 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, officials say. | |
| The release reportedly came after talks with the government, though few details are confirmed. | The release reportedly came after talks with the government, though few details are confirmed. |
| The abduction of the so-called "Chibok girls" triggered a global outcry and sparked a huge social media campaign. | The abduction of the so-called "Chibok girls" triggered a global outcry and sparked a huge social media campaign. |
| Before the latest release, about 195 of the girls were still missing. | Before the latest release, about 195 of the girls were still missing. |
| Agence France-Presse quoted a senior minister as confirming the release. | |
| The Sahara Reporters website quoted a source as saying the freed girls were now in the town of Banki in Borno state, awaiting an airlift. | |
| They would be taken to a secure location, the source said, for debriefing and would then be reunited with their families. | |
| After the abduction in 2014, a number of girls escaped and Boko Haram then freed 21 last October, after negotiations with the Red Cross. | |
| Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari said the government remained "in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed". | |
| Many of the Chibok girls were Christian, but were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers during their time in captivity. | |
| Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of other people during its seven-year insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria. | |
| More than 30,000 others have been killed, the government says, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee from their homes. | |
| Boko Haram at a glance: |