On Sunday a group of Nigerian families were finally reunited with 21 girls released last week by Boko Haram, the Islamic militant movement. Abana, the father of one of the released girls, said he was worried that their release would be exploited for political gain. “People’s children aren’t money, people’s children are not clothes you wear to campaign, people’s children are their pride,” he said. “These 21 released girls are supposed to be tale bearers to tell the Nigerian government that this faction of Boko Haram has 83 more Chibok girls,” Garba Shehu, spokesman for Buhari, told Reuters. There are conflicting reports about why the girls were freed, with military officers saying they were exchanged for four detained Boko Haram commanders.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 20:16 UTC