Nigeria: Kidnappers free last 12 of the abducted girls

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The final group of of young women and girls abducted in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state on November 22 were freed late Saturday. Their release comes amid a surge in abductions of young people across the country over the past two weeks. "All 12 were released," Abubakar Mazhinyi, president of the local Askira-Uba council, told the AFP news agency. The Nigeria Army said "the rescued girls have been evacuated to a secure military facility where they are receiving comprehensive medical care,

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