50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held

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Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s history.

CBC | World News

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