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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan

Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families

An empty classroom at St Mary’s Catholic school in Niger state
An empty classroom at St Mary’s Catholic school in Niger state after the mass kidnapping in November. Photograph: Ifeanyi Immanuel Bakwenye/AFP/Getty Images

A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on Monday, ending a month-long ordeal that drew global concern.

Last month, unknown gunmen took hundreds of schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St Mary’s Catholic school, Papiri community in Niger state, which runs west from the capital, Abuja, to neighbouring Benin.

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