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April 29, 2015

Nigeria: Army Rescues Nearly 300 Girls and Women from Boko Haram 
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The Nigerian military says it has rescued nearly 300 girls and women
from the militant group Boko Haram in the northeastern Sambisa Forest.
Despite initial hopes, the army said the girls are not the same ones who
were captured from a school in the town of Chibok a year ago.

 

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