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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Nigeria working to identify nearly 300 women, girls rescued from Bokeaux |
| 2015-04-30 |
| [ABC.NET.AU] Nigeria is seeking to identify nearly 300 women and girls rescued from 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... , raising hopes they may include schoolgirls seized in a high-profile kidnapping last year. The army had appeared to rule out any of them being from the north-eastern town of Chibok, where more than 200 girls were snatched from their dormitories on April 14, prompting global outrage. But the country's defence front man urged caution, saying it was too early to tell and all those released from camps in the hard boys' Sambisa Forest stronghold were still being screened. Chibok elders reacted angrily to the latest announcement, which comes after the military previously said some of the girls had been released, only to backtrack. "It is disheartening for our hopes to be dashed," said Enoch Mark, whose daughter and niece are among the 219 teenagers still being held by the Islamists. "When we heard of the rescue we thought it was our girls. "Parents kept contacting one another, hoping to get confirmation that their daughters were the ones rescued. "However it's not surprising to me that our hopes have been dashed. This has happened several times. "The government has lied a few times. To us, the government no longer has credibility." |
| Posted by:Fred |