UNICEF Nigeria welcomes release of child Boko Haram suspects | Al Jazeera English

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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2018 · News & Politics

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Nine years of war against Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has taken a toll on young people. 

The Nigerian Army has released a group of children in Borno State after the children were cleared of ties with the group.

Experts say more than half a million children require urgent social and psychological support, but facilities available can only look after a few hundred at a time. 

The fear is some will rejoin Boko Haram.

Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from Maiduguri in Borno State.

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