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Nigeria's Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls after 2-1/2 years

 

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Abuja:Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.

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