Nigeria Schoolchildren who were abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month were finally reunited with their parents overnight into Wednesday following their release. Gunmen seized 303 students and 12 of their teachers during an attack on St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community on 21 November. Fifty children escaped in the hours that followed. The families of the remaining captives had to endure weeks of anxiety and frustration, until a hundred more children were released over the weekend. Many parents expressed their relief. “It has not been easy for me… But today, in fact, I have a little bit of joy, especially because there is still one abducted. But I am now happy with this one that I...

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