Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in the restive northeast, the army said yesterday."The [army] unit...rescued 338 person that were held captive by the terrorists," the army said of an operaion on Tuesday, adding 192 of the survivors were children and 138 women. The raid targeted "suspected Boko Haram terrorist camps at Bulajilin and Manawashe villages" on the edge of the Sambisa forest,the army said, adding troops killed 30 suspected jihadists. AFP