Nigeria's army says it has rescued 178 people held captive by Boko Haram

Nigeria’s president (C) with the president of Benin (C-R), who announced he would send troops to join a new multinational force to fight Boko Haram. Photograph: Charles-Placide Tossou/AFP/Getty Images Nigeria’s president (C) with the president of Benin (C-R), who announced he would send troops to join a new multinational force to fight Boko Haram. Photograph: Charles-Placide Tossou/AFP/Getty Image

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Nigeria’s army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno state, the heartland of the insurgency. Spokesman Colonel Tukur Gusau said 101 of the those freed were children, 67 were women and the rest were men.

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こんなに派手なパレードが、ナイジェリア軍の人権侵害の煙幕になっているとしたら、世界を騙す事になる。米国が武器売却を禁止しているという問題は多分、オバマ氏のアフリカ訪問もあり、密約でもあったか？