US EditionBoko 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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Nigerian terror group Boko Haram releases 49 women after paying 1,200 euro 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 northern Nigerian state of Borno paid a ransom. This was announced by two of the abducted women and a local leader.
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.
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…
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
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.
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