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Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian Army 'moving into' Boko Haram stronghold: governor
2016-05-22
[YAHOO] A Nigerian state governor on Thursday voiced hopes for the swift return of 218 Chibok schoolgirls still being held by Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, after one of the students was found near the group's stronghold.

The military was pressing ahead with operations in the Sambisa Forest area of the northeastern state of Borno, where the Islamists have camps, said governor Kashim Shettima.

"They (soldiers) are already moving into the forest aggressively," Shettima told news hounds at President Muhammadu Buhari's official residence in Abuja where he brought rescued student Amina Ali.

"They are expending a lot of resources and time in the Sambisa Forest. I am an eternal optimist. I believe that in the coming days and weeks more recoveries will be made."

The girls were kidnapped from the remote Borno town of Chibok on April 14, 2014, causing global outrage and bringing worldwide attention to the brutal conflict.

Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai said the discovery of Amina near the forest on Tuesday "raises our hope that others are still alive".

"By God's grace, the operation going on in Sambisa, in a matter of weeks we will have all the girls back safe and alive," he added.
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