Boko Haram releases 21 Chibok girls to Nigerian government
Stephanie Busari
(CNN) Boko Haram militants handed over 21 Chibok schoolgirls to authorities Thursday after a series of negotiations, Nigeria’s government said, in the first mass release of any of the more than 200 girls and women kidnapped from their school two years ago.
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