The Nigerian military has recovered 137 children who had been kidnapped from school two weeks ago by gunmen on motorcycles. The incident was an indication of the increasing fragility of the state in Nigeria. The World’s host Marco Werman talks with Philip Obaji, Jr., a correspondent for The Daily Beast based in Nigeria, about the rescue.
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