Dapchi kidnapping: Nigerian schoolgirls returned by Boko Haram

More than 90 of the abducted girls released by militant group after negotiations with government

Dapchi kidnapping
Sandals left strewn in the school yard by fleeing students in Dapchi
(Image credit: Aminu Abubakar/AFP/Getty Images)

Boko Haram militants have released 91 of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls they abducted in February, authorities said today.

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