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Boko Haram Survivor from Gwoza Speaks of Brutal Captivity

Boko Haram struck again in Nigeria's northeast Sunday, killing more than 30 villagers and kidnapping scores of people from Gumsuri. It is a now-familiar pattern in the five-year insurgency. VOA talked with one Nigerian woman who managed to escape Boko Haram and take refuge here in the capital. Boko Haram insurgents stole nearly everything from Blessing John: her family, her livelihood and her home. In its violent campaign to impose strict Sharia law in northeastern...

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