A total of 82 Chibok students were released from the grip of Boko Haram in Nigeria, three years after being kidnapped. It's a reason to feel successful. However, it also indicates that the terror of Boko Haram has not yet finished.
Now more than half of the girls kidnapped three years ago, April 14-15, 2014 in Chibok, eastern Nigeria, are free. The total number who were kidnapped then was 276 people.
This is indeed the reason to feel good about the success of the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari.
After the Bring Back Our Girls campaign was launched, there were only 113 Chibok students who were not yet free.
While trying to liberate them, Buhari does not rely on military force, but instead calls on the Red Cross and the Swiss government to help.
The liberation of the students seems very important to Buhari, until he is willing to negotiate with the terrorists.
As a result Boko Haram is also fortunate, as some of its members are freed as exchangers for the liberation of the girls.
This is the bad taste that accompanies the success of the girls' liberation, because the negotiations and deals show Boko Haram is not completely devastated.
At least the hands of the terror groups that smothered the students were able to protect themselves from military action.
In addition, factors around the liberation show, the prominent status of the girls becomes both a blessing and a curse.
The national and international campaign calls the kidnapping of girls in 2014 as a symbol of the Nigerian government's failure.
The event also directs the world's eyes to the conflict in Nigeria's previously neglected northeast.
When the kidnapping of hundreds of other women and girls did not get much attention, the Chibok girls were so valued that terrorists and the government did not risk risking their lives.
For the kidnappers, the girls are the guarantee of life, because no one wants to attack the terrorist headquarters, if the student Chibok can also die. It is also recognized by the government as well as the military.
On the other hand, their fame is also a curse, for at least 21 girls released last year through similar action.
They can not go home to their village, because the government is worried, terrorists will kidnap them again.
So how about so on? Are negotiations, which apparently work, can be used to end terror completely?
It seems the military has done everything they can.
Boko Haram was pressed but still able to launch a targeted attack, and caused the whole area is not safe.
Now it is also important to address the causes of terror.
One of them, the extreme poverty in the northeast region, even for Nigerian standards.
In this case, the international community can also help, for example by supporting honest, few government officials, to combat poverty, especially to rebuild the education sector in shambles.
Political pressure is also important. President Buhari promised that under his leadership the security forces would uphold human rights.
Progress is there, but the brutal step towards the Shiite minority by the end of 2015, which until now has not been followed up by the government, is just one example, that the government under the Problem of corruption, where Buhari really paid attention, also remains the same.
Reports of fund corruption to help victims of Boko Haram show the way to success is still long.