Nigerian army 'rescues nearly 300' from Sambisa Forest

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The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active.

However, it said the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were not among them.

The military said the girls and women were freed during major operations ending in the seizure of four Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa Forest.

A military spokesman said they were now being interviewed.

Weapons were also seized at the camps taken in the latest operation, the military said.

In recent months Nigerian security forces have taken back most of the territory previously under the control of Boko Haram, the BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports from Lagos.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32506942
 

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Well, that's good news, anyway.

Though, being a pessimist, I found myself fixating on this:

Boko Haram's insurgency, and the army campaign against it, have killed more than 15,500 people since 2012.

Jesus.
 

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Well, that's good news, anyway.

Though, being a pessimist, I found myself fixating on this:



Jesus.

Yeah, I'm torn between 'drop in the bucket' and 'what took them so long?'
Still, maybe now that they've got the hang of this, they'll carry on?