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Factbox: The violence and insecurity affecting Nigeria

Girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Zamfara, Nigeria walk in line after their release. [Reuters]

Gunmen have freed all 279 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria on Friday, officials said on Tuesday.

It was the second such abduction in just over a week and the third since December in Nigeria’s north, where a surge in armed militancy has led to a widespread breakdown of security.

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