article_snippet.sent: Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, has been kidnapping females for years and has hundreds in Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group custody.
article_snippet.sent: Nigerian troops also captured and destroyed three terrorist camps in the Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian Armed Forces said.
article_snippet.sent: In recent weeks, Nigerian troops and vigilantes moved into the Sambisa Forest, a known hideout for Boko Haram.
article_snippet.sent: Last Wednesday Nigerian troops and vigilantes had to retreat because of explosive devices Boko Haram planted in the Sambisa Forest, according to military sources and a vigilante who was with Nigerian troops and vigilantes.
article_snippet.sent: On Monday, troops re-entered the Sambisa Forest and on Tuesday afternoon troops raided two Boko Haram camps and rescued scores of girls and women.
article_snippet.sent: The name Boko Haram translates to "Western education is sin" in the local Hausa language.
article_snippet.sent: The group has said The group aim is to impose a stricter enforcement of Sharia law across Nigeria, which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nigerian troops raided Boko Haram camps in northeastern Nigeria, military says .