Published 08/26/2023 1:58:00 a.m.

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.

08/25/2023 7:43:33 p.m.·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

08/25/2023 7:09:00 p.m.·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.

08/25/2023 7:00:45 p.m.·Singapore

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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.

08/24/2023 10:56:35 a.m.·Nigeria

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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…

08/25/2023 9:43:05 p.m.·United States

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Het Belang van Limburg

Boko Haram releases 49 women in Nigeria

The 49 women abducted earlier this week by the jihadist terrorist organization Boko Haram in the vicinity of the city of Maiduguri in Nigeria were released on Friday.

08/26/2023 5:23:49 a.m.·Hasselt, Belgium

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