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Nigerian troops have rescued 1,880 civilians from a Boko Haram redoubt in the restive northeast in the past week and arrested hundreds of insurgents, a military commander said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Sambisa forest, covering about 1,300 square kilometres (500 square miles), is a stronghold of the notorious jihadist group, who kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in 2014.<\/p>\n

\"During our operations in the period 14-21 December 2016, a total of 1,880 civilians were rescued from Boko Haram enclaves,\" Major-general Leo Irabor said in a statement after a news conference in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Irabor added: \"564 Boko Haram terrorists were arrested while 19 others surrendered to our troops. Also, seven suspected kidnappers and 37 foreigners were equally arrested.\"<\/p>\n

He said several Boko Haram fighters were killed and a cache of arms and ammunitions was discovered in the operation, part of a military campaign launched last year to clear the area of the jihadists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hundreds of civilians, including women and children, have also been freed in neighbouring Cameroon, said Irabor. Eight jihadist suspects were subsequently identified among them and taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Boko Haram seeks to impose a hardline Islamic legal system in Nigeria's mainly-Muslim north.<\/p>\n

It has been blamed for the deaths of at least 20,000 people since 2009. The rebellion has also displaced some 2.6 million people, sparking a humanitarian crisis in the region.<\/p>\n

The United Nations has warned that the affected region faces the \"largest crisis in Africa\".\u00a0<\/p>\n

The UN estimates that 14 million people will need outside help next year because of the ongoing violence, particularly in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, the country's jihadist heartland.<\/p>\n

Since early 2015, Nigerian military with the support of a regional force, have recaptured a swathe of territory from the insurgents.<\/p>\n

But sporadic attacks on civilian soft targets have continued in the volatile region, including the use of female suicide bombers.<\/p>\n

On December 9, two female suicide bombers killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Madagali, which has been previously targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the blasts bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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