Kidnapping

WATCH | Man, 49, to appear in court for alleged kidnapping of 50 Ethiopian nationals

Johannesburg – A 49-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged kidnapping of 50 Ethiopian nationals who were rescued... Read more

17 Oct

Bamako – A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadists in Mali more than four years ago has been... Read more

10 Oct

Lagos – Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 200 kidnap victims during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense... Read more

8 Oct

Kano – Nigerian security forces on Thursday rescued five girls out of 73 students kidnapped the previous day from a... Read more

3 Sep

Yaounde – A Catholic priest has been kidnapped in an anglophone region of Cameroon, the hostage’s diocese said on Monday.... Read more

31 Aug

Katsina – Nigerian gunmen have freed the remaining pupils from more than 100 kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in... Read more

27 Aug

Bamako – Dozens of people gathered in Mali capital Bamako on Saturday to march in support of French journalist Olivier... Read more

17 Jul

Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official says, the latest in... Read more

5 Jul

Eight medical centre employees were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, although local sources said more people... Read more

5 Jul