Kidnapping

Nigeria police rescue nearly 100 kidnap victims

Lagos – Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 100 kidnap victims held in forest hideouts in the country’s northwest after... Read more

5 Jan, 2022

Kano – Police in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state have freed 21 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen on Friday, a spokesperson said.... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

Cape Town – A baby girl, who was reportedly kidnapped at birth 20 years ago in Mpumalanga, has finally... Read more

9 Dec, 2021

Johannesburg – Islamist militants waging a brutal insurgency in northern Mozambique have abducted more than 600 women and children over... Read more

7 Dec, 2021

Perth – The high-profile case of a man charged with abducting a four-year-old girl from a remote Australian campsite... Read more

6 Dec, 2021

Benghazi – A Libyan journalist was kidnapped on Monday in the country’s second city Benghazi, the government media authority said.... Read more

23 Nov, 2021

Cape Town – A 23-year-old Gauteng man has been arrested for perjury after he falsely opened a case of... Read more

22 Nov, 2021

Cape Town – The Gauteng education department says a Grade 12 pupil from Sandringham High School in Johannesburg survived... Read more

20 Nov, 2021

Abuja – Nigerian security forces on Friday rescued six people who had been seized at a university near the capital’s... Read more

6 Nov, 2021

Bamako – Three Chinese nationals kidnapped in Mali in July escaped their captors at the weekend and were rescued... Read more

2 Nov, 2021