By AFPMore by this AuthorDAMATURUThe families of dozens of girls missing for several days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria on Thursday faced an anxious wait for their return after confirmation some had been rescued. Police said on Wednesday that 111 girls from the state-run boarding school in Dapchi, Yobe state, were unaccounted for following an attack by the jihadists on Monday night. He added: "The rescued girls are now in the custody of the Nigerian Army." Bego did not specify the circumstances in which the girls were rescued nor how many were recovered, and said more details would be released in due course. The Dapchi attack also calls into question how far pledges to improve security at schools have been implemented nearly four years after Chibok.

Source: Daily Nation February 22, 2018 14:26 UTC