Nigeria : More than 180 women , kids freed from militants ' compound , official says . More than 2,500 flee fighting between rebels , government in northern Nigeria . More civilian people killed in Nigerian violence , Red Cross official says . Shehu Sani , president of the Civil Rights Congress , a human rights organization based in northern Nigeria , said people were seeking refuge in police and military barracks and in hospitals . Troops holed up at base of operations in Maiduguri , Nigeria .
Nigeria : More than 180 women , kids freed from militants ' compound , official says . More than 2,500 flee fighting between rebels , government in northern Nigeria . More civilian people killed in Nigerian violence , Red Cross official says . Troops holed up at base of operations in Maiduguri , Nigeria .