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By firing squad starting with nigeria, where the army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls from boko haram. They were found in the forest which is the armed groups lastknown strong hold. Ynonne ndedge is live in abuja. What do we know about the girls. Who are they . We are waiting for the Nigerian Military to give us details, they are planning to release photographs of the rescued persons and information. We know its around 293 girls and women, what we understand is literally as we speak theres a screening and profiling process. They are the words that the military is identifying who the individuals are. Late tuesday are they appeared on al jazeera and the identity of the individuals, and he alluded to the fact that theres the responsibility, and theres the fact that some could be the wives and children and boko haram fighters hiving in the forest. He didnt want to be categorical about that. When asked whether any could be the chibok girls, the more than 200 girls kidnapped a yea
By firing squad nigerias army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls from boko haram. They were found in the forest, which is the armed groups lastknown stronghold. Ynonne ndedge is live in abuja. Tell us more about the good news. Initially we got a text message from Nigerian Military personnel, a colonel in the northeast saying that 293 women and girls had been rescued from the forest and military operations were continuing, and specified of those rescued, they did not include the chibok schoolgirls, the more than 200 schoolgirls, kidnapped in april. 219 of them are still missing. An hour or so later in an interview on al jazeera, a military spokesperson said they couldnt be categoric about that. There was a screening and profiling process ongoing, and the military were not ruling out the penalty that along the 293 rescued, there could potentially be schoolgirls from chibok among them. There was a process going on to identify them. The military spokesperson who appeared on al jaze
Also ahead a russian biker club pushing through poland to ride to the defeat of nazi germany. The countdown continues for what is billed the fight of the century. One of the stars of the show has arrived in vegas. We begin the program if nigeria where the army says it has rescued 300 women and girls. Theyve been rescued from the forest, a boko haram stronghold, but it is not known if any of the girls kidnapped from khibok is among them. Do we have any confirmation yet . Well, in the last hour or so, the nigerian spokesperson has been tweeting about this story. Now in addition to what youve explained 2 hundred girls and 90 women having been rescued were also being told via the tweets that there is an ongoing screening process profiling process of these individuals. There is also information about operations that have been going on in the forest to fight boko haram. It has been going on for weeks. Weve been trying relentlessly to get more details about who exactly these individuals are.