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Captain, 7 Crew Members Kidnapped From Greek Oil Tanker In Cameroon Port
Armed men attacked a Greek oil tanker near Cameroon's economic capital Douala on Tuesday and abducted eight men including the vessel's Greek captain, the merchant marine ministry said.
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Pirates Kidnap Eight Crew Members In Raid On German Ship
Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship in a raid on the vessel off the coast of Cameroon, the Hamburg-based company that owns the ship said on Friday.
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79 Cameroon School Students, Kidnapped Earlier, Freed: Minister
Seventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country's communications minister told news agency AFP Wednesday.
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79 Cameroon School Students, Kidnapped Earlier, Freed: Minister
All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men that took them, a priest conducting negotiations said.
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Over 80 People, Mostly Schoolchildren, Kidnapped In Cameroon: Reports
More than 80 people, mostly children, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon early on Monday, government and military sources said.
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Boko Haram Abducts 135, Kills 8 in Cameroon Raid
Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said on Wednesday.
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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kill 8, Kidnap 100 in Cameroon
At least eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in an overnight raid on a village near Cameroon's northern border, a local government and a military source said.
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Boko Haram Kidnaps 20 People in Cameroon, Executes 12
Suspected members of Boko Haram kidnapped 20 people from a bus in northern Cameroon, then executed 12 of them, a security source and resident said Monday.
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Cameroon Frees 24 Hostages After Suspected Boko Haram Kidnapping
Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria, a defence ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kidnap Around 80 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others on Sunday in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon, army and government officials said.
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Captain, 7 Crew Members Kidnapped From Greek Oil Tanker In Cameroon Port
Armed men attacked a Greek oil tanker near Cameroon's economic capital Douala on Tuesday and abducted eight men including the vessel's Greek captain, the merchant marine ministry said.
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Pirates Kidnap Eight Crew Members In Raid On German Ship
Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship in a raid on the vessel off the coast of Cameroon, the Hamburg-based company that owns the ship said on Friday.
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79 Cameroon School Students, Kidnapped Earlier, Freed: Minister
Seventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country's communications minister told news agency AFP Wednesday.
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79 Cameroon School Students, Kidnapped Earlier, Freed: Minister
All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men that took them, a priest conducting negotiations said.
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Over 80 People, Mostly Schoolchildren, Kidnapped In Cameroon: Reports
More than 80 people, mostly children, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon early on Monday, government and military sources said.
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Boko Haram Abducts 135, Kills 8 in Cameroon Raid
Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said on Wednesday.
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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kill 8, Kidnap 100 in Cameroon
At least eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in an overnight raid on a village near Cameroon's northern border, a local government and a military source said.
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Boko Haram Kidnaps 20 People in Cameroon, Executes 12
Suspected members of Boko Haram kidnapped 20 people from a bus in northern Cameroon, then executed 12 of them, a security source and resident said Monday.
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Cameroon Frees 24 Hostages After Suspected Boko Haram Kidnapping
Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria, a defence ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kidnap Around 80 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others on Sunday in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon, army and government officials said.
