{Nigeria’s army says it has cleared 10 more camps used by Boko Haram in the north-east of the country.}<\/p>\n
There was a fierce battle around Dure camp, which a statement describes as one of the most “prominent” hideouts for the militants.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram has not yet commented on the army statement and there has been no independent confirmation.<\/p>\n
The army has recaptured most of the vast area the militants had seized but the Islamists remain active.<\/p>\n
Thousands have been killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria, in attacks carried out by Boko Haram since 2009.<\/p>\n
The army says that militants died both in the assault in the Sambisa forest and in an ambush when trying to flee, but did not specify how many.<\/p>\n
It did say, however, that one soldier was killed and two were wounded in the operation.<\/p>\n
Last month, the army said it had rescued hundreds of former Boko Haram captives from Sambisa, a vast forest surrounding a game reserve.<\/p>\n
However, over the weekend, Boko Haram recaptured the town of Marte, 100km (62miles) north-east of Maiduguri, from the army, which had held it for just two months.<\/p>\n
It is the first town the militants have seized since losing most of their territory in recent months.<\/p>\n
The attack on the Sambisa forest camps came on the same day a female suicide bomber killed at least six people at a bus station in the north-eastern town of Damaturu.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian police say they are investigating but said it appears to have been carried out by Boko Haram. <\/p>\n
The use of female suicide bombers in this way is a worrying sign that the jihadists are not a defeated force, the BBC’s Will Ross in Nigeria says.<\/p>\n
The fight against Boko Haram has drawn in Nigeria’s neighbours as the militants threaten their security as well.<\/p>\n
Soldiers from Chad, Cameroon and Niger have helped Nigeria’s army against Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
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