Nigerian girls in the northern city of Maiduguri stand amid the rubble of their school, which was destroyed by Boko Haram. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty[/caption]The Nigerian government has confirmed that a military operation has been launched with international backing to locate and rescue more than 200 girls, who have been held captive for a month.
The government also signalled that it is ready to negotiate withBoko Haram, the Islamist militant group that snatched the girls from a school in Chibok, in the north-east of the country, although it appeared to rule out any prisoner exchange.
"International operations have commenced in collaboration with the Nigerian military The operations are being carried out in conjunction with Nigerian troops," Mike Omeri, coordinator of the national information centre, told a press conference.
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