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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 19 July 2017

Nobel winner Malala in Nigeria speaks out against Boko Haram

displaced camps in and Goodluck Jonathan to en-
around the city of Mai- sure the rescue of the more
duguri, where thousands than 200 abducted Chibok
have sheltered from Boko schoolgirls.
Haram’s violence. The ex- On Monday, Yousafzai
tremist group continues to met with more than 100
carry out deadly attacks who have since been res-
there, often using young cued and now stay in the
female suicide bombers. capital, Abuja, for what the
“They have lived in the peri- government calls rehabili-
od of extremism,” Yousafzai tation.
said of the young women While she told the AP she
around her. Many have shared their joy at being
seen family members killed. freed, she said she was not
Yousafzai was 15 when she happy that the girls haven’t
shot in the head by Taliban been allowed to reunite
militants in 2012, targeted fully with their families.
due to her advocacy for She said she hopes they will
women’s education. “live with their family, live a
The Nobel winner said her normal life.”
Nigeria visit was significant Many others remain in Boko
because it was the par- Haram captivity, “and the
tial fulfillment of what she government must unite
Nigerian activist Amina Yusuf, left, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, centre and Nigeria’s Acting advocated the last time so that they should make
President Yemi Osinbajo pose for a photo during a visit at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, she was there. In 2014, she sure that these girls are re-
Monday, July. 17, 2017. pressed then-President leased,” Yousafzai said.q
(AP Photo/ Azeez Akunleyan)
By HARUNA UMAR deadly insurgency. trip, visiting many parts of
Associated Press The 20-year-old Pakistani the world,” said Yousafzai,
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) activist told The Associated who also met with the
— Nobel Peace laure- Press she was excited by freed Chibok schoolgirls
ate Malala Yousafzai was the courage of the young taken in a mass abduction
greeted with cheers Tues- women who are undaunt- by Boko Haram more than
day by dozens of young ed as they pursue an edu- three years ago. “I am here
women in northeastern Ni- cation amid one of the now because of the Nige-
geria, where she spoke out world’s worst humanitarian rian girls. Fighting for them
for the many girls abduct- crises. and speaking up for them.”
ed under Boko Haram’s “This is part of my girl power Yousafzai visited internally

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