Approximately 100 schoolchildren kidnapped last month from a Catholic school in Nigeria are set to reunite with their parents. Their release was secured by the Nigerian government more than two weeks after their abduction, a mass event reminiscent of past school kidnappings in the country.

• Around 100 children, mostly aged between 10 and 17 years, were released from captivity.
• The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) initially reported 315 students and staff kidnapped from St Mary's co-educational boarding school.
• An official from an international charity expressed concern that the children were returned to their village before receiving crucial mental and psychological support, despite earlier plans for medical tests.