liorpt/iStock/Thinkstock(ABUJA, Nigeria) — Another group of 234 women and children were rescued on Friday from an area controlled by militant group Boko Haram, the Nigerian military says on its Twitter account.
FLASH: Another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of the #Sambisa Forest on Thursday #COINUpdate
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) May 1, 2015
Earlier in the week, the Nigerian military announced the rescue of 293 women and children. It was not immediately clear whether any of the newest group of women and children freed from the grasp of Boko Haram were among the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the militant group from the town of Chibok in April 2014.
That incident brought world attention to the widespread campaign of terrorism launched by the group that has killed thousands in its attempt to destabilize the central government now under the control of President and former Army general Muhammadu Buhar.
That incident brought world attention to the widespread campaign of terrorism launched by the group that has killed thousands in its attempt to destabilize the central government now under the control of President and former Army general Muhammadu Buhar.
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