Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok

Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014

Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children, 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.

Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still missing, a decade after the high-profile mass kidnapping.

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