After an agonizing two weeks, over 100 kidnapped schoolchildren who were rescued in northern Nigeria on Sunday have been reunited with their families.

The mass kidnapping of 287 students in Kuriga, in the state of Kaduna, earlier this month was the first mass abduction in the West African country since 2021.

The reported numbers for mass abductions in Nigeria are often lowered after people who went missing while fleeing attacks return home.

Authorities said 137 students — 76 girls and 61 boys — had been rescued in the neighboring state of Zamfara.

"In the early hours of March 24, 2024, the military working with local authorities and government agencies across the country in a coordinated search-and-rescue operation rescued the hostages," said army spokesperson Major General Edward........

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