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Boko Haram leader claims Nigerian school kidnapping

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for the kidnapping of over 300 schoolboys, as Nigeria's government says it has established contact with the kidnappers and is negotiating the children's release. We speak to Elizabeth Donnelly, the Deputy Director of the Africa Program at Chatham House, for analysis on the situation. Also, Somalia severs diplomatic ties with Kenya after Nairobi hosts the leadership of the breakaway region of Somaliland. And we take you to Gabon, where the country's only circus troupe is fighting against bankruptcy and hoping to soon stun crowds once again.

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