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Group of Chibok Schoolgirls Reportedly Escape Boko Haram Captors

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - An unknown number of girls, kidnapped seven years ago from a
   government school in Chibok, Nigeria, are believed to have escaped
   after the military launched an offensive in the Sambisa Forest in Borno
   state, a Boko Haram base where the girls and many other kidnap victims
   are believed to be held.

   One of the girls, Halima Ali Maiyanga, spoke to her father Friday from
   military custody, confirming the escape.

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