160 more people rescued from Sambisa Forest

According to AFP, the Nigerian Army says it has rescued about 160 more hostages from Sambisa Forest.

"We are still trying to compute the actual number of those rescued. But tentatively there are about 60 women of various ages and around 100 children," Army spokesman Sani Usman told AFP.

He also said one woman was killed in the fighting and eight other rescued hostages were injured. A soldier was also killed and four others wounded.