Tag: abduction
Nigerian village attacked, residents abducted
More than 50 people, including pregnant women and children, were abducted in a raid on a village in north-west Nigeria, residents told Reuters.
The...
Nigerian security lapses helped schoolgirls’ abduction – Amnesty International
Nigerian security forces were warned about Boko Haram fighters near Dapchi, but failed to respond, allowing insurgents to kidnap 110 schoolgirls almost...
Campaign group threatens to sue Nigerian government
The Nigerian group which sparked a global campaign for the safe return of schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 said this week it would...
Dapchi – “another mindless, godless abduction” in Nigeria
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office three years ago, eradicating the "mindless, godless" militants of Boko Haram and rescuing hundreds of...
Austria checking indication abducted foreigners in Libya are dead
Austria said it had evidence nine foreign oilfield workers abducted by Islamist militants in Libya in 2015 were killed the same year,...
South Sudan man briefly abducted
Armed civilians briefly abducted a South Sudanese rebel spokesman in Uganda and told him to stop talking to the media, two rebel...
Kenyan charged after Britons’ murder, abduction
A man was charged in a Kenyan court following the murder of a British tourist and the abduction of his wife at...
