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UK should do more in Nigeria schoolgirl hunt

The UK should do more to help the government in Nigeria find and release more than 200 abducted school girls, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

He also said the international community should provide more helicopters and surveillance equipment.

The girls were abducted by Islamic militant group Boko Haram in April.

The Nigerian government has said it knows where the abductees are, but a rescue could lead to them being killed.

‘Special forces’

During a debate in the House of Commons, Mr Brown said that “in its hour of need” Nigeria required “more helicopter support, more aircraft cover, more surveillance equipment”…

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