Countries

Kidnapped girl, 3, rescued as suspects nabbed during ransom money drop

Cape Town – A 3-year-old girl was reunited with her family safe and unharmed after a kidnap-for-ransom money drop... Read more

26 Apr, 2022

Countries

Thirty-three seminarians freed in Cameroon

Yaoundé – Thirty-three seminarians kidnapped by armed men in Cameroon’s troubled anglophone southwest have been freed, the National Conference... Read more

10 Apr, 2022

Countries

MSF says 5 workers freed in Nigeria after Cameroon kidnap

Libreville – The French medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday that five employees who were kidnapped more... Read more

2 Apr, 2022

Countries

Bolt SA allegedly ‘offered discounted rides, food vouchers’ to sexual abuse victims – report

Cape Town – A suspended Bolt driver accused of rape appeared in Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and is... Read more

9 Mar, 2022

Countries

‘Thank God he is home and fine!’ – kidnapped Gauteng businessman ‘rescued’… 3 people held

Cape Town – Three suspects have reportedly been arrested for the kidnapping of a Gauteng businessman, Zaheer Asmal. Reports... Read more

1 Mar, 2022

Countries

Cops arrest alleged kingpin behind spate of high-profile kidnappings where ransoms were demanded

Cape Town – Police say they have arrested the man believed to be behind a spate of high-profile kidnappings... Read more

28 Feb, 2022

World

6-year-old girl missing for over 2 years found alive in dark and wet makeshift room under stairs

New York – A six-year-old girl missing for over two years has been found hidden in a “dark and wet”... Read more

17 Feb, 2022

Countries

Nigeria jihadists kidnap at least 20 children, residents say

Kano – Jihadists killed two people and kidnapped 20 children in Nigeria’s Borno state, where Islamist militants are waging a... Read more

22 Jan, 2022

Countries

30 more kidnapped Nigerian students freed, says official

Kano – Gunmen in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state have freed 30 students and a teacher after seven months of captivity,... Read more

9 Jan, 2022

Countries

Nigeria gunmen kidnap three Chinese dam workers, police say

Lagos – Gunmen have kidnapped three Chinese workers at a hydro-electric damn project in central Nigeria, with two local workers... Read more

6 Jan, 2022