Cocaine Heart 4,768 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of girls and women, many bewildered and traumatized, are being registered, fed and given medical care in their first day out of Nigeria's war zone.The group of 275 women and children are among the nearly 700 freed in the past week by the Nigerian military from Boko Haram extremists and the first to be transported to the safety of a Malkohi refugee camp here in Yola in the country's northeast. Officials on Sunday are still registering the 61 women and 214 children, almost all girls. Many critically malnourished babies and children have been put on intravenous drips in the clinic and 21 have been hospitalized for gunshot wounds and fractured limbs, said a camp official.Through interviews the officials are trying to determine where the women and children are from. It does not appear that any of those released are from the group of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram a year ago from the town of Chibok, said an official."Based on registration we have carried out so far, none of them is from Chibok," said Zakari Abubakar, Malkohi camp team leader for the National Emergency Management Agency. Almost all are from Gumsuri village near Chibok and which had been attacked many times in the past year, said Abubakar.The women and children were rescued by the military from the Sambisa Forest, the last stronghold of the Islamic extremists, and had to travel for three days on the open backs of military trucks to reach the safety of Malkohi Camp.Saturday night when the women arrived at the camp, they appeared exhausted and too distressed to realize they were safe, or to be questioned about their experiences under Boko Haram. They lined up for tea, water and a stew of baobab leaves.They were taken captive when Boko Haram had seized a large swath of northeastern Nigeria last year, declaring it an Islamic caliphate. Nigerian troops ran away before their advance, complaining they were not given enough ammunition or food to fight, and leaving civilians with no defense against an uprising that killed as many as 10,000 people last year. Some 1.5 million people have been driven from their homes.The tide has turned in the past nine weeks with a new infusion of armory including helicopter gunships, and a coalition with neighboring countries that brought in troops from Niger, Chad and Cameroon.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/03/boko-haram_n_7199072.htmGood to hear some positive news for a change. We going to boo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 At last some light in the darkness. Hope these girls recover and that more are freed from those inhumane people. Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveandMagic 1,731 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I hope they weren't abused, as is too often the case of women and girls in war zones. I hope they can be somewhere where they will feel safe and taken care of. Just repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just relax." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropico 4,145 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I was hoping the girls from the school were released But I'm SOOOOO GLAD (you have no idea how happy I actually am. This is just the news I needed today) these people have been freed. ♢ Social Justice Enthusiast ♢ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 214 of them are pregnant. http://allafrica.com/stories/201505040226.html FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,040 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I hope they are not brainwashed and are in healthy state body, mind and soul.But I suspect they might had been very traumatised by rape and all. :(Good that they are returned to their family now tho!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I hope they weren't abused, as is too often the case of women and girls in war zones. I hope they can be somewhere where they will feel safe and taken care of.I'm pretty sure all of them were raped repeatedly, even the youngest ones. Maybe they will find some peace and start to recover, now that they are freed. Such a horrible situation, but I'm happy they are back with their families to start the healing process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALX 170 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm so happy that many people have been rescued but it's still confusing how none of them are the 200 kidnapped from school...you can't just make 200 people disappear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveandMagic 1,731 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm pretty sure all of them were raped repeatedly, even the youngest ones. Maybe they will find some peace and start to recover, now that they are freed. Such a horrible situation, but I'm happy they are back with their families to start the healing process. As I suspected. I can't fathom how human beings can be so inhuman towards others. Just repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just relax." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocaine Heart 4,768 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 214 of them are pregnant. http://allafrica.com/stories/201505040226.html That's so sad And abortions are very rarely allowed there We going to boo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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