Kidnapping

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

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

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

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