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.

Gen Chris Olukolade said the hostages were
freed as part of a major, ongoing operation.
He said accurate intelligence had helped the
military locate the camps, which had been
attacked from all directions by ground and air
forces.

Last October, the government said it had
secured an agreement for a ceasefire and the
release of the girls taken from Chibok, but
Boko Haram subsequently denied this. The abduction of the girls in Chibok sparked
global outrage with many joining a campaign
online to free them using the hashtag
#BringBackOurGirls.

Several nations including the US and China
vowed to help find them and there have been
reported sightings of the girls, but none has
been found to date.

Meanwhile, the government of neighbouring
Niger gave more details about fighting
between its troops and Boko Haram on an
island in Lake Chad over the weekend. It says 28 civilians died when Boko Haram attacked Karamga island and that 46 of its troops died in the battle for the island, along with more than 150 militants. Reports in local media have given a much higher death toll for government forces.

Boko Haram's insurgency, and the army
campaign against it, have killed more than
15,500 people since 2012. The violence has
recently spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad
and Cameroon.

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