Nigeria’s army claims to have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to win back the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram militants.<br /><br /> However, despite intelligence suggesting otherwise, the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April last year are not thought to have been among those freed.<br /><br /> Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from the #Sambisa forest http://t.co/UNPs6XfqkY— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 28, 2015<br /><br /> Along with the operation in the Sambisa Forest, Nigeria’s army has in recent months seized back most of the land previous under control of Boko Haram.<br /><br /> The Chibok girls were last seen in a video made by the militants video. Their abduction – over 200 of them – sparked global outrage with many joining an online campaign to free them using the hashtag BringBackOurGirls <br /><br /> Last October the Nigerian government said it had secured an agreement for a ceasefire and the girls’ release but Boko Haram denied this.
