ABUJA, Nigeria\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Nigerian army said Sunday that it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram extremists in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country.<\/p>\n
The operation, according to the army\u2019s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains, which form part of the militant group\u2019s stronghold. It resulted in the release of abductees, including children, seized across different communities in Borno.<\/p>\n
Two infants died, having \u201csuccumbed to exhaustion\u201d due to the challenging mountainous terrain and the hardship they endured during their prolonged captivity, army spokesperson Haruna Sani said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe remaining rescued abductees were successfully evacuated to safe locations for medical care and humanitarian support, marking a major operational success and a significant setback for the terrorist group,\u201d Sani said.<\/p>\n
Nigeria faces a complex security crisis, especially in the north where a more than decade-long insurgency and other activities of armed groups \u2014 which carry out kidnappings for ransom and illegal mining \u2014 have heightened security challenges.<\/p>\n
Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, which is affiliated with the Islamic State group and known as Islamic State West Africa Province.<\/p>\n
Last month, Nigeria said its joint operation with the United States had killed 175 ISWAP fighters. <\/p>\n
The insurgency in Nigeria\u2019s northeast has killed thousands of people and displaced millions, according to the United Nations. Analysts say not enough is being done by the government to protect its citizens, despite promises by President Bola Tinubu to curb the crisis.<\/p>\n
Shibayan writes for the Associated Press. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABUJA, Nigeria\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Nigerian army said Sunday that it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram extremists in southern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[143505,143511,143509,143507,48,52,51,47,50,49,143508,42453,143506,58863,143512,143513,6843,104982,77576,143510,3293],"class_list":["post-350935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-abducted-people","tag-abductee","tag-boko-haram-extremist","tag-decade-long-insurgency","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-militant-group","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-army","tag-northeast","tag-northeastern-borno-state","tag-northeastern-part","tag-operation","tag-other-activity","tag-ransom","tag-southern-borno","tag-thousand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}