Nigeria kidnapped schoolboys released

We'll be hearing the conversation in Nigeria following the release of the boys kidnapped from their school in Katsina state. The governor of Katsina state says all 344 pupils have been freed, but the circumstances are unclear. Questions also remain about exactly who took them as well as the security of schools, so we'll speak to relatives and BBC journalists covering the story.

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Picture: Freed Nigerian schoolboys walk after they were rescued by security forces in Katsina, Nigeria (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde; picture blurred by the BBC to protect the boys' identities)