21 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram released

Twenty-one of the 218 missing Nigerian schoolgirls abducted in 2014 by the extremist group Boko Haram have been released, according to Nigeria’s government. According to presidential spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu, the girls were were released Thursday in northern Borno state, rescued by a military helicopter and transported to the state capital, Maiduguri. Shehu said the girls…