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Nigerian military at odds over identity of released hostages

Nigeria's top brass warned Wednesday against premature declarations on 200 girls rescued from Boko Haram after the army said they were not the same girls kidnapped by the militants in an especially notorious incident in Chibok.

Nigeria claims rescue of nearly 300 women, girls from Boko Haram stronghold

Nigeria's military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation the hostages were those kidnapped from Chibok a year ago.

Syria: UN appeals for release of more than 100 abducted school kids

The UN children's agency and Human Rights Watch has appealed for the release of more than 100 Kurdish schoolboy and girls kidnapped by jihadists in Syria.