Niger: nearly 1,400 Boko Haram terrorists nabbed while fleeing clash with ISWAP

NIAMEY - Nearly 1,400 followers of Nigeria's notorious Boko Haram jihadist group have been intercepted fleeing into Niger following clashes with a rival Islamic State group, according to the army.

Niger's armed forces have so far picked up 1,397 people, many of them women and children, according to a statement from the army's southeastern region, seen by…