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More than 60 Nigerian women and girls escape from Boko Haram
Boko Haram is still holding more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Borno’s Chibok town in April.
They were among 68 Nigerian women and girls abducted last month near the town of Damboa in north-eastern Borno state.
But some women who made it home said they feared other escapees had been recaptured, villagers told the BBC.
Boko Haram is still holding more than 200 Nigerian women and girls abducted from Borno’s Chibok town in April.
The BBC’s Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says the insecurity is so rife in Borno state and the access so poor that it is not yet clear exactly how many of the young women managed to escape from Boko Haram.
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