Boko Haram impregnates women, girls - report

The United Nations says at least 214 young women and girls recently rescued from the camps of the Takfiri Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria are pregnant.

The UN population fund-UNFPA executive director, Babatunde Osotimehin said many of the women are undergoing medical tests and screening for various diseases and infections, including HIV/AIDS.

He said some of the children that were freed along with the women, were born in the forest and had never been out in the open until their release by the Nigerian army.

Nigeria's army says it freed almost 7 000 women from various Boko Haram camps last week.

Army spokesman Chris Olukolade said soldiers on Monday found an additional 260 women and children, who had escaped from the terrorists, on the outskirts of Chalawa village in the north-eastern state of Adamawa.