Nigeria’s army has rescued nearly 300 girls and women from a Boko Haram camp

The Nigerian Army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria, where the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has established a stronghold camp.

It is not yet clear if any of the rescued girls are the Chibok girls, who were kidnapped by the terrorists over a year ago on April 14. The Nigerian military has come under heavy criticism in the last year for pulling false alarms, whether with claims that it had reached ceasefire agreements, killed Boko Haram’s leader, or discovered the missing girls. The army was noticeably cautious today (April 28) in tweeting the news about the rescue mission, and Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade told CNN that the operation to clear the forest was ongoing.