The Nigerian military has agreed a truce with militant group Boko Haram, under which terms the kidnapped school girls will be released.
Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh announced the deal on Friday afternoon.
Boko Haram captured vast swathes of land in Nigeria’s northeast in an offensive earlier this year, declaring a caliphate in the region, and was widely condemned for the kidnapping of over 200 school girls in April.
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