
Nigeria release Boko Haram suspects
Nigeria army release Boko Haram suspects cleared of links to the militant group.
The Nigerian army said it has released more than one thousand Boko Haram suspects after they were ‘’cleared’’ of links with the militant group.
Police in Kenya have arrested a 20-year-old man for kidnapping and killing more than 10 children over the past 5 years.
And we meet, Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adan, the woman hoping to become Somali’s next president.
(Picture: Freed inmates sit in a line after they were released and handed over to state officials for rehabilitation and integration after they were detained for up to four years over suspicion of links with Boko Haram jihadists during an official ceremony at the Giwa military barracks, in Maiduguri, on November 27, 2019. Credit: Photo by AUDU MARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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