Boko Haram releases 21 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of the 276 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in Nigeria's Chibok, the Nigerian government said on Thursday. This comes after the International Red Cross and the Swiss government brokered a deal seeking the release of rest of the kidnapped girls. Notably, Nigeria's government has earlier failed thrice to secure the schoolgirls' release.