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French journo kidnapped in Mali

French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed a French journalist who disappeared last month in Mali’s northern city Gao was probably been taken...

French journalist kidnapped in northern Mali appears in video

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A journalist who disappeared last month in Mali’s northern city of Gao appeared in a video on Wednesday appealing to authorities to do everything...

Canadians kidnapped in Ghana rescued

Ghana forces rescued two Canadian women kidnapped last week outside their hostel in Kumasi, the Ghanaian government said in a statement. The women, aged 19...

American kidnapped in Uganda

An American woman and her driver were kidnapped in Uganda’s most popular wildlife park by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000 (£380,112.5 ), police...

Canadian kidnapped in Burkina Faso

A Canadian man was kidnapped in an area of Burkina Faso government warned is under growing threat from jihadist attacks, the African country's top...

Girls kidnapped in Niger

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Armed men kidnapped 15 girls overnight in south-eastern Niger, a local mayor said. Boukar Mani Orthe, mayor of Toumour in Niger's Diffa...

Egyptians kidnapped in Libya

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Armed men in an eastern Libyan city kidnapped 16 Egyptian workers over a financial dispute between Libyan contractors and their Egyptian partner,...

Last kidnapped Cameroon schoolboys released

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Kidnappers freed the last of about 80 schoolboys taken hostage last week in a raid on a school in west Cameroon, a...

Cameroon kidnap victims released

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All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and teacher are still held...

Cameroon kidnap victims released

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All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and teacher are still held...

School children kidnapped in Cameroon

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Armed men kidnapped 79 children from a school in western Cameroon with a local pastor saying separatist militias were responsible. The abduction...

Italian priest kidnapped in Niger

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An Italian priest was kidnapped in south Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, the second abduction of a European in the...

Warship could be deployed to save Filipinos in Libya

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he might send the navy's most modern frigate to waters off Libya in a bid to "save"...

Kidnapped Turkish engineers released in Libya

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Three Turkish engineers kidnapped last year in the southern Libyan town of Ubari have been released, the UN-backed Libyan government said. In November,...

Nurse kidnapped in Somali capital

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Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mogadishu, police and the ICRC said. While abductions...

German national kidnapped in western Niger: attorney general

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Armed men on Wednesday kidnapped a German man in western Niger near the border with Mali, Niger's attorney general said. Cheibou Samna said...

German national kidnapped in Niger

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Armed men kidnapped a German man in western Niger near the border with Mali, Niger's attorney general said. Cheibou Samna said the...

Dapchi parents to join Bring Back Our Girls movement

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Parents of schoolgirls abducted in north-eastern Nigeria plan to join the Bring Back Our Girls movement that gained global prominence in a...

Engineers kidnapped in Libya

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Four foreign engineers working forTurkish construction firm Enka were kidnapped in south-west Libya, a Libyan state electricity official said. The men, Turkish...

Mineworkers freed by DR Congo militiamen

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Militiamen have freed three Congolese and a French national kidnapped in March during an attack on Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine in...

Kidnapped Colombian nun being held by Mali militants – police

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A Colombian nun kidnapped more than two months ago in Mali is being held by the Macina Liberation Front Islamist militant group,...

Fourteen kidnapped Nigerian oil workers freed – police

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Nigerian police have freed 14 kidnapped oil workers in the restive southern Niger Delta region, which has been hit by a series...

Swiss missionary kidnapped a second time in Mali’s Timbuktu

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Armed men kidnapped a Swiss missionary from her home in Timbuktu on Friday, nearly four years after she was abducted by Islamist...

Swiss missionary kidnapped a second time in Mali’s Timbuktu

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Armed men kidnapped a Swiss missionary from her home in Timbuktu on Friday, nearly four years after she was abducted by Islamist...

European woman kidnapped from Mali town of Timbuktu, army spokesman says

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A European woman was kidnapped overnight from a house in the northern Mali town of Timbuktu, a spokesman for the Malian army,...

Two Serbian embassy staff seized in Libyan ‘ambush’

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Two Serbian embassy staff members were abducted in Libya on Sunday when their diplomatic convoy, including the ambassador, came under fire in...

Gunmen snatch dozens of Tunisians in Libya

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Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in western Libya to demand the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia, families and authorities...

Dozens of Tunisians freed in Libya a day after being kidnapped

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Dozens of Tunisians kidnapped in Libya in retaliation for the arrest of a Libyan official in Tunisia this week have been released,...

Croatian citizen kidnapped in Egypt by armed men

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A group of armed men abducted a Croatian citizen in Egypt on Wednesday, Croatia's foreign ministry reported on Friday. It said the man,...

Four Italians kidnapped in Libya: Italy foreign ministry

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Four Italian citizens have been kidnapped Libya, the Italian foreign ministry said on Monday. The four employees of construction company Bonatti were kidnapped...

Burkina security forces search for kidnapped Romanian

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Security forces in Burkina Faso searched the desert close to the borders with northern Mali and Niger on Sunday for a Romanian...

At least 15 kidnapped by unknown gunmen in eastern Cameroon

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At least 15 people, including a mayor and local government officials, were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in eastern Cameroon near the restive...

U.S. missionary kidnapped in Nigeria freed, church says

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An American missionary who was kidnapped in central Nigeria in February was safely released to authorities and church leaders on Friday, her...

Gunmen in Central Africa Republic free kidnapped govt minister

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Gunmen in Central African Republic have freed the minister for youth and sport who was kidnapped in January, the minister's spokesman said...

French woman kidnapped in Central Africa released – Fabius

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A French charity worker abducted earlier this week in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, has been released, French Foreign Minister...

Polish missionary kidnapped in Central African Republic

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A Polish Catholic missionary has been kidnapped by eight armed people in the town of Baboua in the Central African Republic, the...

Kidnapped Maltese oil worker released in Libya after 11 days

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A Maltese oil worker abducted by a Libyan militia 11 days ago was released unharmed on Monday and flown back to Malta. Prime...

Kidnapped Tunisian embassy workers freed in Libya

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A Tunisian diplomat and an embassy worker kidnapped earlier this year by unknown gunmen in Libya arrived at dawn on Monday at...

Italian priests and Canadian nun released in Cameroon

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Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped in northern Cameroon in early April by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released,...

Nigeria military says knows where girls are, rules out force

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Nigeria's military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue...

Suspected Boko Haram attack Chinese workers in Cameroon; 10 missing

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Suspected Boko Haram rebels from Nigeria have attacked a Chinese work site in northern Cameroon, killing at least one Cameroonian soldier while...

Kidnappers in Nigeria’s Delta release 3 Dutch nationals

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Kidnappers in Nigeria's Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, Anka Mustapha, a spokesman for Bayelsa state's Joint...

Gunmen abduct eight more girls in Nigeria; U.S. pledges help in...

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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists' strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, while the...

Obama says kidnapping of Nigerian girls shows man’s “darkest impulses”

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U.S. President Barack Obama issued a somber warning on Wednesday that the kidnapping of Nigerian girls and sectarian conflicts worldwide are a...

France offers to send agents to Nigeria for kidnapped girls

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France on Wednesday offered to send security service agents to Nigeria to help recover more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant...

U.N. warns Nigeria’s Boko Haram over selling schoolgirls as slaves

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The United Nations warned Islamist Boko Haram militants on Tuesday that there was no statute of limitations if they carried out their...

Nigeria offers $300,000 reward for information on kidnapped girls

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Nigerian police offered a $300,000 reward on Wednesday for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist...

Kidnappers snatch three Dutch nationals in Nigeria’s Delta

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Gunmen have snatched three Dutch nationals in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region, where armed kidnapping rings frequently operate, police said on Monday. The...

Cameroon frees 18 hostages seized by C.African Republic rebels

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Cameroon's army has freed 18 civilians seized in the country's east last week by rebels from neighbouring Central African Republic, state television...

Jordanian ambassador kidnapped in Libya

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Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped in Tripoli on Tuesday by masked gunmen who attacked his car and shot his driver, Libya's...