Troops rescue 338 Boko Haram captives

Nigerian troops have rescued 338 captives, almost all children and women, from Boko Haram camps in a north-eastern forest.

Thirty extremists were killed on Tuesday in attacks on two camps on the fringes of the Islamic insurgents’ holdout in Sambisa Forest, according to the military.

Separately troops ambushed and killed four suspects on a bombing mission in north-eastern Adamawa state.