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Two women rescued nine years after Chibok schoolgirls abduction

Two women rescued nine years after Chibok schoolgirls abduction

Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both now 26, were among 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria

Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by a jihadi militant group nine years ago have been rescued, the west African nation’s military has said. One had a one-year-old baby, while the second gave birth to her second child days after being freed.

Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both 26, were among 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in April 2014 from the government girls’ secondary school in the village of Chibok.

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