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How Were the Chibok Girls Released?

82 Nigerian schoolgirls were freed from Islamist group Boko Haram in 2017.

82 Nigerian schoolgirls were freed from Islamist group Boko Haram in exchange for a number of its fighters in May. Drew Hinshaw from the Wall Street Journal tells Weekend how their release was secured.

Also in the programme: How a British highway exposes the country's divisions.

(Picture: Some of the girls from Chibok released from Boko Haram captivity. Credit: STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

23 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Dec 201708:06GMT

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  • Sat 30 Dec 201708:06GMT