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Boko Haram Frees 49 Women Kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno State

Forty-Nine women abducted by Boko Haram near Maiduguri, Nigeria, were released after a state official paid a ransom for their freedom.
The women, who were mainly poor peasant farmers, were kidnapped from their farms and released after negotiations with the assailants.
The militants' attacks on farmers in the region have disrupted farming villages, potentially leading to an increase in food prices in an already inflation-hit country.

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Reuters

Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno state

Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday.

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno state

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday after a state official paid a ransom for their release, two of the victims and a local leader said. Read full story

3 months ago·Malaysia

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The Straits Times

Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno state

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday after a state official paid a ransom for their release, two of the victims and a local leader said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

3 months ago·Singapore

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VOA News

Boko Haram Frees 49 Women Kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno State

Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, were freed early Friday after a state official paid a ransom for their release, two of the victims and a local leader said. The women were abducted from their farms on Tuesday morning in Shuwaei Kawuri village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, two victims who did not want to be identified told Reuters. "We were all released at midn…

3 months ago·United States

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The Guardian Nigeria

Boko Haram frees 48 abducted women in Borno

The terrorist group, Boko Haram has granted freedom to at least 48 women abducted in Maiwa and Shuwarin Villages in the Mafa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.

3 months ago·Nigeria

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Het Laatste Nieuws

Terror organization Boko Haram releases 49 women in Nigeria after paying 1,200 euros in ransom

The 49 women abducted by the jihadist terrorist organization Boko Haram in Nigeria earlier this week were released on Friday. This happened after an official from the Nigerian state paid Borno a ransom. This is what two of the abducted women and a local leader said.

3 months ago·Kobbegem, Belgium

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