Rescued from Boko Haram

Shaun Keating Boko Haram, News Feather Story 2015, Nigeria

Nigerian Army rescues hundreds of captives.

Almost 450 women, girls, and boys have been rescued from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa Forest.

  1. ~450 women & kids have been rescued from Boko Haram.
  2. The Nigerian Army is sweeping the Sambisa Forest.
  3. The forest in northeastern Nigeria is a Boko Haram stronghold.
  4. The army found & destroyed nine Boko Haram camps.
  5. The Islamic extremists use the camps to create child soldiers.
  6. The rescued kids are not part of the kidnapped Chibok girls.
  7. The Chibok kidnappings sparked #BringBackOurGirls.
  8. Boko Haram kidnapped 2,000 women and girls last year.

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