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with local media reports and also some witnesses that as many as 9 people have been killed today and wednesday in protests right across the country you know in yangon in mandalay and in a city west of mandalay it sounds as though there might be the most casualties of the day 5 protesters killed there again these are according to local media and who are sourcing some doctors and medical professionals so it sounds as though that's what we're looking at today if those all turn out to be accurate and the number might go up it's looking like this is the 2nd deadliest day since these protests began there's been an explosion at a coronavirus testing center in the netherlands police have cordoned off the area in a town north of amsterdam there have been protests against restrictions in recent weeks there are calls for a national lockdown after brazil recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day more than 1600 presidential your boss an hour opposes further restrictions

in iraq a military facility that's also used by u.s. forces has come under attack multiple rockets have landed on the air base just days after the u.s. struck facilities used by iranian backed groups in syria rio tinto is chairman says he'll step down next year and the latest high profile departure from the mining giant for destroying caves sacred to the aboriginal community in australia the destruction of the yukon gorge rock shelters last year sparked a massive public and investor a poor simon thompson says he holds himself accountable for the events 3 senior executives including the c.e.o. have already resigned a strong earthquake has struck central greece the magnitude $6.00 quake hit near at last so now that's around 400 kilometers from athens tremors were felt across the country it's not yet clear if there has been any serious damage thanks for watching inside story is up next.

free at last gunman in northern nigeria release hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls but abductions like these are on the rise so can anything be done to break this cycle this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm rob matheson and nigeria's government is hailing the safe return of the latest group of kidnapped school children gunmen have released 279 girls who were taken from their school northwestern ism fata states on

friday that the government insists no ransom was paid saying so called repentant bandits help to secure the release but abductions in northern nigeria are becoming more common and look have a security firm based in lagos says kidnappers have received at least $11000000.00 between $216.00 and march 2020 amid interest has more from al in a state. they arrived at dawn limped their way into the office of the governor exhausted and some too sick to walk. their serve meals in an office when normally cabinet meetings held. with their 1st decent meals in days they gathered the strength to tell us what happened saying it does it was. they drove us like animals some of us were falling and getting injured they made us trek

for 2 to 3 hours and spent the 1st 2 days in the camp they pushed us forward threatening to kill anyone who refused to move despite the blisters on our feet they forced us to walk further into we reach the 2nd and then the 3rd camp the $279.00 students like kidnapped while they were sleeping in their boarding school dormitories in the town of jungle in circumstances similar to the kidnapping of more than 270 goes in she broke into into 14 this man a former bandage says he left several others to help bring the goals back. we met and told them we came in peace to leave with the girls who for no fault of theirs found themselves in such a situation they also spoke about their grievances and why they took the girls it was a long difficult process full of tension but we also came ready and prepared for the unforeseen the goes have now been taken to a secure location for medical examinations before they are reunited with their families but that hasn't stopped excited parents like no one has managed to get

close to where they are. my joy is indescribable i called my wife to tell her the girls are back i haven't seen my daughter but i'm relieved she's back the past 4 days now we can afford to sleep and smile. the governor of them for a state has offered amnesty to gunmen who sat and insists dialogue with the bandits will continue despite the pitfalls. we are now fighting. for the government. so we're going to continue with that cause not all of them that . they wanted to. get because nobody can be able to get the kidnapping of these goes on friday came i was before the release of another set of students kidnapped in central nigeria

there's one for attack is a 6 mosque or kidnapping in northern nigeria in recent years for the girls back attention is now shifting to the future of education with schools continuously being targeted especially in northern part of nigeria is that the region which has the highest rate of poverty may fall even farther behind it's not clear if these goals will have the courage to return to school or even if their parents allow them to return but for now they're happy to enjoy their freedom hoping the government will do more to protect them comedy for inside story. well kidnapping is an increasingly common tactic used by armed groups in criminal gangs across nigeria 2 weeks ago gunmen abducted 42 people including 27 students from a secondary school in the state in december more than 300 people were taken in a raid on a school in cut scene as state local haraam claimed responsibility 110 girls were

stashed in your base state in 2018 and in a case which grabbed worldwide attention and 2014 the chibok girls 276 of them were kidnapped in borno state. ok let's bring in our guests in make it easier for is a former director of nigeria's state security service in chemistry is an independent researcher in conflict studies and from london what i'm a book r.t. is an analyst at the tony blair institute for global change welcome to you all blown up because i want to start with you kidnapping children seems to be becoming a growth industry in nigeria why is that happening and why is it happening no yeah unfortunately nothing children is becoming. a very dominant. nigeria and perhaps the most thriving industry in the country and there are several reasons why charities and criminals take it to its number one children. can find any way.

to defend themselves and nigerian schools unfortunately exposed cards because there is no security presence around schools experience would be as. charities know that children who could not be. an excellent program that. they can extort money from so it comes up again that. i'm fine. terrorists and criminals have seen that yet imo action is not the best time to get not not be getting the money. at least it must. happen and nobody. thought that i credit cards would be made by a government that is terrorists yet. released. i

want to come to you now because blood was describing these kind that gangs as terrorists is that the correct phrase to use are these gangs a kin to book a heart or other white or groups involved in this what in a way. the. action. terrorists because the terrorize the business and they can see a lot of how hook they are acting just like. kids in years it will be a book to girls from cheap book. i've seen this here we. should of boko haram these some years it will be too can we gals from that she. that leave with what it did when the keep school children because they wanted to just the war my. if he's started the decision

like my colleague with i'm up because he said. he's very sad to see we all drawing attention mickey governments get down on the need to kind of a thing to get the minds gently because one the ones that they want money to do you want to be seen to have the upper hand so in a way yes i do within. charities why it's on us it's on the front hand let us look at the problem that got us where we ought to be many of them on people that we knew had us the i people we knew who had. who have tattoos that are heading their couches but vent many of them completely of

injustice for me as a group they are from a political oxide more than a full and i'm not making excuses for them but a point i mean understanding government in the past especially in there's a vampire and because they're not states. there was a group of vigilantes who where young enough and victimizing them to the point of this forcing them of the ordinary was would you be. this catches many of the laws because those laws the family members love the germans and the is subject to discount of crime. what i am expecting is as more just we use the physical force as more as we use similar action of violence to kind of force them to see if this time i think you know the we school and the economic solution and that is why in us more so as we look at the inquest carries we should

also look at the injustice to have been done that brooke looked to disposable situation and that is why one upholds and down the road i believe in justice begets injustices like edgier for a given what has said there the logistics of rounding up 300 terrified schoolgirls and transporting them from a school are significant i mean that takes some organization is there any danger do you think that these groups are being infiltrated by more organized groups such as boko haram for example yeah very far from the government of stooge. terrorist groups because when the something especially about us. which is called an ice crime well not free and not robbery this well i don't know do you that modem out of the big government its. own life. that i.

meant. to show you that was something. that was about so this is quite a distance from the. routine you got to go. that last. crack talking about. despite my mission and additional. on gristle. not to attack. how obvious it. is this. mission look i did. from a man. did not list all we do the police got it needs we. wanted one of the. one of the guests also so you saw that.

so we need to. also question i need. to test out bleach once won because even with which he. did it in life known about this public press response account. i've become conscious. decision. making 2 months you get to. let me ask you about it let me ask you going to interrupt you because i want to ask about the financial aspect of this isn't to mention before there's an estimate that the kidnappers have received at least 11 $1000000.00 between 2016 and march 2020 that money is going somewhere and $1.00 would imagine that therefore the threat from these groups is getting bigger because they are no one would assume better

equipped better organized and have more ready cash at their disposal. already been running the show. but definitely more the have received all this money is right group into buying arms to prosecute the war or c. one of the ship because he will probably get some of these there 56. months . if not. look to the money to find out how does because if you look side groups on. america . you look very ports there's a dispute. i think people wrong on top of this. to begin to begin to shift your arsenal of this mission. actually brushed off like the last

because if you don't agree we're bankrupt a good solution to this problem through cycling use of the military. and i will stop there because i think ali i want to make a point out or go ahead yes. my colleague mike is saying that if you just long for governments to negotiate if i asked my colleague now is each right to allow those who go to die if the government does not negotiate with those premium dollars i am sure my colleagues might we're going to let those girls die because the question is whether or not those delegates. all something should be done to get them out of this there is no way with the kind of on those guys have on the kind of i mean the possible thing is for those people to use the skills as human shields. some of the people though i recently received

a release form they kept me busy of these some of bundy's in one state some the bundy's and i just said at a point when these soldiers believe they did over in ohio where they were kids the creaminess made of them my 2 q. all of them now that then if there was any i tend to excuse them we knew also in the rescue i can't let that never end well so the funerals will use them with human shields in the hands of government has already done to negotiate will be screaming so i hear nodding your head just a are you speaking they're going to have yes i don't want to be on bus normally. i don't have a problem and 10 back. home by the fire experience i'm quite glad that. there are still security. american. government never should.

have gotten used. to i do. so by that because i saw that this is not. peace i thought this is because you can buy. so many. decision about it because you know i very well. that's a question i have that. but i know because there was a so-called safe schools initiative which was introduced in nigeria with a much pomp and circumstance but i understand that not many of the schools in the northwest part of the scheme why has that scheme not being rolled out more across nigeria yeah thank you very much excellent question before i go to that i would want to just respond to what mike said i don't the distinction between terrorists

and criminals i have studied. and they know is now for 10 years and the distinction right is making is no longer tenable it's not a decision of difference was that ideological you do given and has political objectives why don't the pundits in the north west people he will be economic but this is not on that the case number one night the time you have said these people are using terroristic methods they read believe this to dozens of people and up took hundreds of. people including children secondly we know that there has been mounting evidence in the last 18 months so look at boko haram has infiltrated elements. and that's why. you put simba up to 300 people you mentioned. and also released and just missed it did you all of the boys. teddy knew that something to do with some elements and nobody

in the bandits numbskulls in the house started making you can only do good humans in the last few months we have seen did you. test the injustice and seen the injustice is made to. the exclusion from government that. the reasons why they are. no longer. do you can use less money let me move on if i'm single let's move on from the differential as i say i see all that one circumstance and let's move on from that tell talk to me about the safe schools initiative because given everything that all 3 of you gentlemen have said it would seem that the safe schools initiative was at least a good start in terms of protecting children within schools from gangs that you have been talking about why has that not been used better on more widely in nigeria . yes i saw the exact school initiated it was introduced in 2014 after the

abduction of the 2 goals the 276 goes over 100 of us in boko haram has crossed it and why the initiative hasn't been effective is because it hasn't been implemented that it was just dick dick yet by the government and it takes me it takes more than we had narration. and so what do we see i mean it's not that the initiative it's. not you know it is that it was this deep yet it. would you buy government and not implementation was a bad way even in the most vulnerable stand about your bit we saw. these 2 years ago when 110 goes where she and i can tell you everywhere that not during our schools need to be exposed in this particular incident what we are

talking about hundreds of men in bedded and they met only one security got. used to military and not. ok i want to my asking people in their particular sniper i want to ask mike as you're for a particular security question nigeria's defense minister said last month that villagers should stand up to the attackers a is that feasible b. what is the risk that if you get groups of for want of a better phrase vigilantes banding together that you just exacerbate the problem well i think it's mostly. that is strictly for. the translator star. song or the greatest. regret it. should you fred observe.

you know day for many jews british i'm. proud to call. that premise was an arc from the protection of our tribe. so people have surrendered that. government is a special court. i don't expect that to begin to tell us they're better not only jumped on by. or deceived but also promote i'm not. i know most one of the problem seems to be that. as i understand it the police services in the military are controlled by the federal government and this is essentially a state level problem at the moment and state governors a saying that this is something that the federal government should be helping them with but if i understand it correctly the president is saying this is essentially a state problem who is responsible ultimately for this well it

sees a federal problem if you do the constitution say every state governor is the chief security officer of the states well this year it's going to have a good not power to deploy the military or even although we can use you know we nice we have had situations in the past where it would be she now needs. is to the governor so you can imagine the situation so it's going to have found himself. the fact is the president still has the. ability is on the president to keep track of the situation so i can see why he is passing the ball on to the states i want to ask about the long term effects of this because according to unicef there's a net attendance rate of just 53 percent in primary schools in northern nigeria

where the other for girls is even lower as i'm sure you know what impact are attacks like this having on a family on families for each other no way of sending a whole generation of children in nigeria to school. but i'm a book just briefly if you could because we are beginning to get to the end of the show. yeah i mean it's clear that community terrorist that you have declared. i'm not judy and children are now being forced to choose between their lives. and no child should have to make such a decision. to see the children school as a difficult one and this is going to that's where the number of nigerians nigerian children out of school as we speak there are at least 10500000 children out of school and as long as these attacks continue it is not about continuing even for those who continue or who we know that there are mental health issues.

like this and we know that. in general has been created around. judea and effective teaching. doesn't. change and so i think it is what the government and the international community it worked out yet are we ensure that every single night. and enjoys the right to education. but to say thanks to all our guests my kids your 4. and balaam book us a thank you for watching you can watch this and our previous episodes any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can also join the conversation on twitter we are at a.j. inside story from iraq matheson and a whole team here in doha but for now. the

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the day 5 protesters killed there again these are according to local media and who are sourcing some die.