UNICEF Nigeria welcomes release of child Boko Haram suspects

UNICEF Nigeria praises the release of children suspected of Boko Haram ties from administrative custody.

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.