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| Chibok girls: 'First kidnapped girl rescued' in Nigeria | |
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| 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. | |
| She was reportedly identified by a civilian fighter who recognised her. | |
| The fighter belonged to the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram. | |
| Sources told the BBC she came from the town of Mbalala, south of Chibok, from where 25 of the kidnapped girls came. It is understood she was found with a baby. | |
| The town that lost its girls | |
| Africa Live: More on this and other news stories | |
| The gunmen arrived in Chibok late at night, then raided the school dormitories and loaded 276 girls on to trucks. | |
| Some managed to escape within hours of their kidnapping, mostly by jumping off the lorries and running off into the bushes. | |
| In total, 219 girls were taken away. | |
| Nigeria's military has not yet commented on the rescue. | |
| A video broadcast by CNN in April 2016 appeared to show some of the kidnapped schoolgirls alive. | |
| Fifteen girls in black robes were pictured. They said they were being treated well but wanted to be with their families. | |
| The video was allegedly shot on Christmas Day 2015 and some of the girls were identified by their parents. | |
| Boko Haram at a glance: | |
| 'Boko Haram took my children' | |
| Town divided by Boko Haram legacy | |
| On patrol against Boko Haram | |
| Who are Boko Haram? |