Gunmen on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for 317 schoolgirls..
More than 300 schoolgirls were abducted when armed men raided a state-run school in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, according to a government official. CNN’s Stephanie Busari reports.
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