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Kano, Nigeria | AFP | One of 219 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram Islamists for more than two years has been found, the military and activists said Wednesday, the first rescue that has raised hopes for those still being held. Amina Ali was discovered on Tuesday in the Sambisa …

Kano, Nigeria | AFP |  The leader of Nigeria’s Ansaru jihadist group, Khalid al-Barnawi, one of three Nigerians listed by Washington in 2012 as “specially designated global terrorists”, has been arrested, an army spokesman told AFP on Sunday. “Security agents made a breakthrough on Friday in the fight against terrorism …