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How Nigerians have turned to negotiation with gangs of kidnappers | DW News
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8:27Now PlayingWeeks after the latest round of abductions in Nigeria, where armed men snatched hundreds of students from a Catholic school in Niger State, some have been released but most of them are still in captivity. The attacks have become a grim routine across parts of northern Nigeria, where jihadists and criminal gangs operate with near impunity. Now, with security forces stretched thin and trust in the state at a breaking point, some communities are taking matters into their own hands by directly negotiating with the very gangs that terrorize them. DW's West Africa correspondent Azeezat Ola-oluwa reports from Katsina where residents are paying for peace.
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