Released Females in Nigeria

300 Nigerian girls and women released from Boko Haram were taken to a refugee camp in the northeast part of the country. This brings the total to 677 released females.

The women had been traveling for three days from the forest where the military rescued the girls. They were being held captive by Boko Haram.

Looking bewildered and in shock, the freed women and children lined up for tea and a stew of baobab leaves.

Lami Musa, 27, was holding her 4-day-old baby. She said that she had been held for five months. Her husband was killed by the terrorist group. Musa’s feet were swollen.

An 8-year-old had a bullet wound. Many were treated for malnutrition.

The outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is hitting the terrorist group hard. “Boko Haram is the big blemish on Jonathan’s legacy, so it’s understandable that he’d want to crack down and score some successes on his way out to improve his record,” a government official says.