AT least 82 of the 270 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria have been released. The girls had been kept prisoner for three years after being snatched from a school in the north-eastern town of Chibok in April 2014. Getty Images 2 > Government ministers confirmed the girls were finally freed on Saturday 6 May 2017 in exchange for five high-ranking Boko Haram prisoners. The mass kidnap of around 270 girls caused international outrage and sparked the hashtag #bringbackourgirls – which was supported by then-First Lady Michelle...
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