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MAIDUGURI: Nearly 900 children held by a pro-government militia force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in north-eastern Nigeria were freed on Friday, the UN said. The 894 children, including 106 girls, had been in the ranks of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a local militia which supports regular soldiers battling the Islamist insurgents. At a ceremony in the north-eastern …

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