Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation against Boko Haram militants.
The offensive took place in the Sambisa Forest, in the northeast of the country, and destroyed three militant camps there, the army said on its Twitter account.
“We cannot confirm if the Chibok girls are in this group,” it said.
Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls near the northern village of Chibok in April 2014, sparking an international outcry.
It is thought the Islamist extremists took the youngsters into the heavily-mined Sambisa Forest.
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Culled from – http://news.sky.com/story/1474002/nigeria-army-rescues-200-girls-from-forest
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