One of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 was found Saturday by the Nigerian army, the army said.
She was discovered carrying a 10-month-old son among a group that had escaped from a Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa Forest, the army said. She was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.
The girl is said to have been among the 276 girls and women that Boko Haram militants herded from bed in the middle of the night at a boarding school in Chibok in April 2014.
As many as 57 girls escaped almost immediately.
One was found in May. She apparently wandered out of a forest, asking for help, accompanied by a baby, according to witnesses.
Saturday's announcement comes nearly a month after 21 Chibok girls were freed in a deal brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government.
That release came amid an apparent split in the terror group, with ISIS introducing a new leader, according to a Boko Haram insider. Boko Haram has long had links with ISIS, pledging allegiance to the Islamic militant group in March 2015.
Roughly 196 girls are still unaccounted for.
The Nigerian government last month indicated it was negotiating with the terror group for the release of about 83 more girls. The rest -- about 113 -- have either died, been married off or become radicalized and don't want to leave their Boko Haram kidnappers, sources told CNN.
The kidnappings sparked global outrage, with high-profile figures such as first lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai lending their weight to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
The campaign sent out a tweet, cheering the news about the discovery of the girl.
-----CNNThe cheering news of the return a missing #ChibokGirl is confirmed. Maryam Ali is #198 on our list. 196 MORE TO GO! pic.twitter.com/4d6wi4g7gR— #BringBackOurGirls (@BBOG_Nigeria) November 5, 2016
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