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BBC OS: 2020/12/18 16:06 GMT: Nigeria kidnapped schoolboys released

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Nigeria kidnapped schoolboys released

2020/12/18 16:06 GMT

2020/12/18 16:06 GMT: Nigeria kidnapped schoolboys released

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The governor of Katsina state says all 344 pupils have been freed from their captors

We'll be hearing the conversation in Nigeria following the release of the boys kidnapped from their school in Katsina state. The governor of Katsina state says all 344 pupils have been freed, but the circumstances are unclear. Questions also remain about exactly who took them as well as the security of schools, so we'll speak to relatives and BBC journalists covering the story.

A big debate in many countries as Christmas approaches is how to adapt the usual celebrations to the year of the coronavirus pandemic. Even if you're allowed to travel to meet your family, is it the responsible thing to do? We'll hear people who are grappling with that dilemma in South Africa and Tennessee.

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Picture: Freed Nigerian schoolboys walk after they were rescued by security forces in Katsina, Nigeria (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde; picture blurred by the BBC to protect the boys' identities)

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