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As the Nigerian Army rescues more and more women and girls from their Boko Haram kidnappers,
the women are coming back to their homes traumatized, ill, and, in lots
of cases, pregnant. Many of the women saw their husbands, brothers, and
other male family members killed before they were taken and forced into
"marriages" with their kidnappers, and then were repeatedly raped over
the course of months. By the time the Nigerian Army finds them, some
have already given birth and land in internally displaced persons (IDP)
camps with children in tow. Some of the pregnant girls and new mothers
are children themselves.
The Lagos-based newspaperVanguard reported that of the 234 women and girls rescued earlier this month by the Nigerian Army, at least 214 are pregnant, and media outlets across the world picked up that claim.
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