ABUJA, Nigeria—Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls seized three years ago by Boko Haram have been freed in exchange for detained suspects with the Islamic extremist group, Nigeria’s government said. It was the largest release negotiated yet in the fight to save nearly 300 girls whose mass abduction exposed the mounting threat posed by the Islamic State-linked fighters. The statement from the office of President Muhammadu Buhari was...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 06, 2017 21:00 UTC