Nigeria’s Boko Haram in disarray as government forces advance

A soldier from the Nigerian Army talks with hostage women and children who were freed from Boko Haram, in Yola, in this April 29, 2015 handout. REUTERS/Nigerian Military/Handout via Reuters

MALKOHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram is fracturing as shortages of weapons and fuel foment tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders, women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters by Nigerian troops told Reuters.

The group abducted an estimated 2,000 women and girls last year as it sought to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Africa’s biggest economy. The army has freed nearly 700 in the past week as it advances on Boko Haram's last stronghold in the vast Sambisa forest.