Nigerian army frees 234 more women and children from Islamists

Another group of 234 women and children were rescued from the clutches of the Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian military reported Saturday, days after the first group of 300 women and children were freed in a separate offensive. Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged to "hand over a Nigeria completely free of terrorist strongholds," when he leaves office at the end of May. It is not clear whether the hundreds of school girls kidnapped form a school in Chibok last year were among the rescued people.