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Nigeria: Boko Haram Abducts 16 Women, Girls From Adamawa

According to recent reports, 16 female residents of Adamawa State were abducted Wednesday by suspected Boko Haram militants.

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Seattle Missionary’s Kidnappers In Nigeria Seek $300,000 Ransom

The armed men who abducted a Seattle missionary earlier this week in southern Nigeria have demanded a ransom of nearly $300,000, police said...

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Gunmen Kidnap US Woman In Central Nigeria

Masked gunmen in central Nigeria kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack, police ...

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Girls Who Escaped Boko Haram Flourish At American-Run School

Grace was in her school dormitory in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok when Islamist militant gunmen kidnapped 276 girls. Ten months ...

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Central African Republic Minister Kidnapped In Bangui

Central African Republic's minister for youth and sport was kidnapped on Sunday by gunmen in the capital, Bangui, as he returned from ch...

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Nigerian Islamist Group Boko Haram Kidnaps Dozens In Cameroon

Suspected militants from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have kidnapped dozens of people in raids in neighbouring Cameroon, officials say...

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At Least 20 Egyptian Christians Kidnapped In Libya

A priest and a witness say masked gunmen in central Libya have kidnapped 20 Coptic Christians from Egypt. Witness Hanna Aziz told The As...

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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kidnap 40 People In Northeast Nigeria

Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Nigeria in a raid that residents and a security source blamed on Bo...

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4 Held Over Tanzania Albino Girl Kidnapping

Police in Tanzania said on Wednesday they have arrested four people over the kidnapping of an albino girl in the north of the country, where...

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NIGERIA: North Central Nigerian State Governorship Aspirant Kidnapped

A governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Chris Mamman, on Sunday night, was k...

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NIGERIA: Petroleum Minister Alison Madueke's Sister Kidnapped By Gunmen

The sister of Nigeria’s powerful petroleum minister has been kidnapped in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said Friday, in the latest ab...

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NIGERIA: Kidnapper Of Mikel Obi’s father arrested

The Anambra State Special anti Robbery Squad (SARS) has nabbed the gang responsible for the kidnap of the father of Nigerian Super Eagles’ f...

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Nigeria Militants Kidnap About 100 Boys And Men In Northeast

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram kidnapped about 100 boys and young men from a remote North- Eastern Nigerian town, a vigilante group ...

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