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    Thursday, September 25, 2014

    Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl becomes first in months to escape Boko Haram

    20-year-old in state of extreme trauma is receiving medical treatment after being found wandering through village


    One of the schoolgirls snatched by Boko Haram when they raided a Nigerian dormitory has been found wandering through a small north-eastern village, the first confirmed escape since the atrocity that shocked the world in April this year.


    Of the almost 300 girls and young women rounded up and carted away after Boko Haram stormed Chibok secondary school, a handful fled during the initial confusion. A relentless string of attacks in remote northern towns in Boko Harams stronghold of Borno state prompted a summit in Paris that led to a renewed military push from Nigeria, neighbours Chad, Cameroon and Niger, and western allies including the US and the UK. But five months on, 276 of the girls remain in captivity and abductions continue to be used as a strategy by the extremists.


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