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| Chibok girls: 'First kidnapped girl found' 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. | One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago. |
| In all, 218 girls remain missing after their abduction from a secondary school in north-east Nigeria in April 2014. | |
| Activists told the BBC that Amina Ali Nkek was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon. | |
| The girls were taken by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group. | |
| Amina 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. | |
| Inside Mbalala, the town that lost its girls | |
| Africa Live: More on this and other news stories | Africa Live: More on this and other news stories |
| Chibok abductions: What we know | |
| News of the rescue was confirmed to the BBC by Nigerian university teacher and women's activist Hauwa Abdu. | |
| Sources told the BBC she came from the town of Mbalala, south of Chibok, from where 25 of the kidnapped girls came. A neighbour in Mbalala told the BBC that Amina was found with a baby. | |
| An uncle, YaKubu Nkeki, told Associated Press news agency that Amina was later reunited with her mother in Chibok. | |
| She is expected to be moved soon to Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state. | |
| In recent days, Nigerian media reported that the army had launched a number of operations against Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest. | |
| Nigeria's military has not yet commented on the latest raid. | |
| During the 2014 attack, 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. | 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 remained missing before the first rescue. | |
| A video broadcast by CNN in April 2016 appeared to show some of the kidnapped schoolgirls alive. | 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. | 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. | The video was allegedly shot on Christmas Day 2015 and some of the girls were identified by their parents. |
| The Chibok schoolgirls, many of whom are Christian, had previously not been seen since May 2014, when Boko Haram released a video of around 130 of them gathered together reciting the Koran. | |
| The abduction led to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, that was supported by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. | |
| Boko Haram at a glance: | Boko Haram at a glance: |
| 'Boko Haram took my children' | 'Boko Haram took my children' |
| Town divided by Boko Haram legacy | Town divided by Boko Haram legacy |
| On patrol against Boko Haram | On patrol against Boko Haram |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |