Tag: abduction

Nigeria kidnappings: more students snatched as army hunts for missing

March 12, 2024

Gunmen kidnapped 15 more students from an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria, which comes following the abduction of more than 280 children by gunmen in ... Read More

Mass Abduction in Kuriga: Over 100 Nigerian School Students Kidnapped

March 8, 2024

The abduction of more than 100 Nigerian school students reportedly occurred in the town of Kuriga in the north-western region. Witnesses stated that armed individuals ... Read More

Cameroon detains business tycoon in connection with assassination of Martinez Zogo

February 7, 2023

Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, owner of L'Anecdote media group and acquaintance of Cameroonian Minister of Justice Laurent Esso, was arrested Monday in connection to investigation into ... Read More

Member of Doctors without Borders abducted in northern Mali

December 21, 2022

Some unidentified armed men have kidnapped a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a non-profit organization in Gao, northern Mali. “Unidentified armed men entered the ... Read More

Libyan assailants abduct 25 Tunisian fishermen in Tunisian waters

May 7, 2020

A group of Libyan armed men seized Tuesday two Tunisian fishing boats with 25 men onboard in Tunisian waters, Webdo Tunis reports. Salah Hdider, member ... Read More

Libyan authorities help release 14 Tunisian abducted oil workers

February 18, 2019

Tunisia Sunday said its 14 citizens held hostage in neighboring Libya have been freed following the intervention of Libyan authorities. The Tunisian foreign ministry expressed ... Read More

Abducted Moroccan Sailor Reportedly Freed by Nigerian Kidnappers

August 22, 2017

Moroccan officer of the merchant navy, Ahmed Janane, who had been Kidnapped last July 31 by Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after an ... Read More