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Kidnapped Nigerian Children Freed After Months in Captivity

HeadlineAug 30, 2021

In Nigeria, dozens of kidnapped children have been freed after about three months in captivity. They were part of a group of over 130 students abducted by gunmen from an Islamic seminary in northwest Nigeria in May. At least six students died in captivity, and another 15 escaped in June.

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