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Explained: Nigeria's Spiralling Kidnapping Crisis
Ten years after the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping, Nigeria is facing a resurgence of mass abductions.
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Weak And Tattered, 29 Students Freed By Kidnappers In Nigeria's Kaduna
Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.
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1 Student Shot Dead, Hundreds Kidnapped By Gunmen In Nigeria: Report
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of their teachers in central Nigeria, an official and a security source told AFP Wednesday.
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Kidnapped Indian Nationals Freed In Nigeria: Police
Police in southwestern Nigeria said Tuesday they had freed two Indian nationals who had been kidnapped in the region last week.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 32, Kidnap Scores in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in the restive northeast, two local officials and a witness said on Thursday.
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Indian Among Three Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria: Reports
An Indian construction worker is reportedly among three expatriates who have been kidnapped, presumably for ransom, in Nigeria.
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Nigerian Army Recaptures Kidnapped Girls' Hometown
The Nigerian army said Sunday it had recaptured the northeastern town of Chibok, where Islamic militants abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April, provoking a wave of global outrage.
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Anxious Wait for Nigeria Girls After Boko Haram 'Deal'
Relatives of Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls on Saturday dared voice cautious hope of seeing the teenagers finally freed after officials claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants.
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11 Parents of Nigeria's Abducted Girls Die
About a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.
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Activist Malala in Nigeria: 'Bring Back Our Girls'
Malala Yousafzai is celebrating her 17th birthday in Nigeria with promises to work for the release of some 219 schoolgirls who have been held by Islamic extremists.
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'Good News' Soon on Kidnapped Girls: Nigeria
Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.
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UN Envoy Gordon Brown Vows New School for Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by Islamist militants will be rebuilt, as he visited Nigeria for talks on boosting security.
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Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Rape Danger: UN Official
The more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants "definitely" face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict has said.
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Boko Haram Still Holding 219 Girls, After Escape of Four More Reported
Four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped than previously thought, Nigeria's Borno state said on Wednesday, but 219 others were still missing and assumed held by the Islamist militants.
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Boko Haram Shows Changing al Qaeda Threat
The kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last month has sparked global outrage, launched an international manhunt and instantly turned an obscure West African militant group into a household name in the United States. And it has raised a central question: Does the rapidly growing number of al Qaeda splinter groups pose as much of a thre...
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Explained: Nigeria's Spiralling Kidnapping Crisis
Ten years after the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping, Nigeria is facing a resurgence of mass abductions.
-
Weak And Tattered, 29 Students Freed By Kidnappers In Nigeria's Kaduna
Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.
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1 Student Shot Dead, Hundreds Kidnapped By Gunmen In Nigeria: Report
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of their teachers in central Nigeria, an official and a security source told AFP Wednesday.
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Kidnapped Indian Nationals Freed In Nigeria: Police
Police in southwestern Nigeria said Tuesday they had freed two Indian nationals who had been kidnapped in the region last week.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 32, Kidnap Scores in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in the restive northeast, two local officials and a witness said on Thursday.
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Indian Among Three Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria: Reports
An Indian construction worker is reportedly among three expatriates who have been kidnapped, presumably for ransom, in Nigeria.
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Nigerian Army Recaptures Kidnapped Girls' Hometown
The Nigerian army said Sunday it had recaptured the northeastern town of Chibok, where Islamic militants abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April, provoking a wave of global outrage.
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Anxious Wait for Nigeria Girls After Boko Haram 'Deal'
Relatives of Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls on Saturday dared voice cautious hope of seeing the teenagers finally freed after officials claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants.
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11 Parents of Nigeria's Abducted Girls Die
About a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.
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Activist Malala in Nigeria: 'Bring Back Our Girls'
Malala Yousafzai is celebrating her 17th birthday in Nigeria with promises to work for the release of some 219 schoolgirls who have been held by Islamic extremists.
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'Good News' Soon on Kidnapped Girls: Nigeria
Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.
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UN Envoy Gordon Brown Vows New School for Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by Islamist militants will be rebuilt, as he visited Nigeria for talks on boosting security.
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Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Rape Danger: UN Official
The more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants "definitely" face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict has said.
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Boko Haram Still Holding 219 Girls, After Escape of Four More Reported
Four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped than previously thought, Nigeria's Borno state said on Wednesday, but 219 others were still missing and assumed held by the Islamist militants.
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Boko Haram Shows Changing al Qaeda Threat
The kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last month has sparked global outrage, launched an international manhunt and instantly turned an obscure West African militant group into a household name in the United States. And it has raised a central question: Does the rapidly growing number of al Qaeda splinter groups pose as much of a thre...
