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Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria

Nigerian troops rescued Lydia Simon, a pregnant woman abducted by Boko Haram 10 years ago, along with her three young children in Gwoza council area of Borno state. Her children were born during her captivity.
Simon, part of the group of 276 schoolgirls taken in Chibok in 2014, was found five months pregnant, according to the army statement.
The army photo showed Simon with her children, aged two to four, who were born while she was held captive.

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Il Post

The Nigerian military said they had liberated one of the women kidnapped by Boko Haram 10 years ago at a school in Chibok.

11 months ago·Italy

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BBC News

Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria

The Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls from a school in Chibok in 2014

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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Le Parisien

Nigeria: kidnapped by Boko Haram 10 years ago, Chibok high school girl found by the army

The young woman was "rescued with her three children" near Ngoshe city in the state of Borno, Nigeria, the Nigerian army said Thursday.

11 months ago·Paris, France

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The Guardian

Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok

Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, from where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still miss…

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

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Nigeria's army rescues a woman abducted from Chibok as a schoolgirl, and her 3 children - Seymour Tribune

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers rescued a woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl in the village of Chibok, the army said Thursday. Her three children were also rescued. Lydia Simon, who is five months pregnant, was rescued by Nigerian troops in the Gwoza council area of Borno state, where the 15-year insurgency by Islamic extremists is concentrated, according to a statement from the army. Her age was…

11 months ago·United States

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La Tercera

Nigerian army rescues a girl kidnapped more than ten years ago by Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army announced on Thursday the rescue of one of more than 250 girls kidnapped more than ten years ago by the Boko Haram terrorist group during a massive assault on a school in the town of Chibok, located in the state of Borno (north), in an operation in which their three children were also released. “The Nigerian Army troops deployed in the north have continued their significant impetus in the fight against terrorism and the insurge…

11 months ago·Chile

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