Nigeria Grapples With Terrorism and Rehabilitation
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Nigerians express doubt over the rehabilitation of former insurgents, questioning if terrorists can truly repent. Meanwhile, Borno State faces outrage over reintegrating hundreds of repentant terrorists, and individuals are jailed for aiding terrorism and supplying arms.
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