Chibok girls: 'First kidnapped girl rescued' in Nigeria

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.

The 276 girls were taken from their secondary school in north-east Nigeria by Boko Haram militants in April 2014.

Activists confirmed to the BBC that Amina Ali Nkek was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.

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