NIGERIAN TROOPS RESCUE NEARLY 300 WOMEN, GIRLS

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Nigerian troops rescued nearly 300 girls and women during an offensive Tuesday against Boko Haram militants in the northeastern Sambisa Forest, the military said, but they did not include any of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok a year ago. The army announced the rescue on Twitter and said it was screening and interviewing the abducted girls and women. Troops destroyed and cleared four militant camps and rescued 200 abducted girls and 93 women “but they are not the Chibok girls,” said...