Chibok girls: 103 freed girls to go back to school

The 103 schoolgirls released from captivity after being taken by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, will go back to school in September, a Nigerian minister has said.

Aisha Alhassan said the girls will be ready psychologically.

She said the rehabilitation centre in the capital, Abuja, where some of the girls have been kept, will be closed.

The girls include the 82 released on Saturday, Ms Alhassan said.

She told journalists that the young women were “stable” and “cheerful” compared to how the 21 freed last year were on their release.