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Apr
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Gunmen in Nigeria seize eight students in latest kidnapping

Gunmen in Nigeria seize eight students in latest kidnapping

NEWS
ARDO HAZZAD GUNMEN in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said, the latest in a wave of such abductions. Armed gangs operating mostly in remote parts of northwest Nigeria have carried out violent attacks against villagers, schools and motorists, abducting hundreds for ransom. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for internal security in Kaduna, said gunmen on Monday seized eight students from Awon Government Secondary School in Kachia local government area. The gang had earlier kidnapped the other people. It was not immediately clear where the students were…
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Nov
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Gunmen release children kidnapped from Nigerian farm

Gunmen release children kidnapped from Nigerian farm

NEWS
HAMZA IBRAHIM A group of 21 children who were abducted by gunmen last week from a farm in northwestern Nigeria's Katsina state were freed and reunited with their families, police said. Kidnapping has become endemic in recent years in Katsina - the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari - as roving gangs of armed men abduct people from schools, hospitals, roads and farms and demand ransom cash from their relatives. Three of the captives' parents told Reuters the children, aged between 8 and 14, were released after parents paid a ransom of 1.5 million naira ($3,400), but police spokesman Gambo Isa denied…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Afghanistan withdraws ambassador, diplomats from Islamabad

Afghanistan withdraws ambassador, diplomats from Islamabad

WORLD
AFGHANISTAN has withdrawn its ambassador and diplomats from Pakistan's capital following the kidnapping of the ambassador's daughter, the Afghan foreign ministry said has announced, a new blow to relations at a sensitive time for the Afghan peace process. The daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan was seized on Friday and held for several hours by unknown assailants who left her with injuries and rope marks and Pakistan authorities have said they are investigating. "The Afghan government recalled the ambassador and senior diplomats to Kabul until the complete elimination of the security threats, including the arrest and punishment of the perpetrators,"…
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Jun
07
2021
By The African Mirror
In Venezuela, an account of a kidnapping renews focus on violence against women

In Venezuela, an account of a kidnapping renews focus on violence against women

WORLD
VIVIAN SEQUERA and MIRCELY GUANIPA In 2001, Linda Lopez was kidnapped and held for almost four months in a Caracas apartment, where she was repeatedly raped and tortured. Now, she has released a book about her experience and her years-long battle to bring the case to trial in a system that she says still fails Venezuelan women. The release of the book co-written by Lopez, a lawyer, and Luisa Kislinger, a Venezuelan writer and activist, has revived debate about violence against women and girls in Venezuela, which activists says is often overshadowed by the country's humanitarian and economic crisis. Venezuela…
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