300 women, girls rescued from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army said it could not confirm if any of the 300 women and girls freed from a Boko Haram stronghold are the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago.

The army announced the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women on Twitter and said it was screening and profiling the girls and women.

The Nigerian army announced two weeks ago that it was going into Sambisa Forest, which is a centre for the Boko Haram fighters