Tag: kidnapping

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

Uganda: foreign tourists killed in attack by suspected IS-aligned rebel group

October 18, 2023

Ugandan police has said they were pursuing suspected members of an an armed group aligned with Islamic State (IS) that reportedly killed three people, including ... Read More

Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali

March 21, 2023

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More

French-Australian citizen abducted in Chad freed

October 31, 2022

Chad Sunday announced the release of Jérôme Hugonnot, a French-Australian citizen, kidnapped Friday by unidentified men in Wadi Fira province, north-east of the central African ... Read More

Malian opposition leader kidnapped ahead of general elections

March 27, 2020

In an unprecedented first for a Malian politician of his rank, unidentified gunmen kidnapped the leading opposition figure Soumaila Cisse and his team on Wednesday, ... Read More

Libya: HoR member kidnapped for criticizing Haftar allegedly killed

August 5, 2019

Libyan lawmaker kidnapped last month for criticizing east-based military commander, Khalifa Haftar, was allegedly killed by her abductors reportedly linked to the renegade military leader. ... Read More

AI: Libyans Living Under Constant Fear from Militias

May 9, 2017

Amnesty International has deplored the absence of the rule of law in Libya wherein armed militias have the upper hands, leaving civilians living in a ... Read More

Algeria Takes Military Action against AQIM

January 5, 2013

Algerian military forces have launched lately a large scale combing campaign targeting Islamist militants groups operating in the Boumerdes-Tizi-Ouzou-Bouira triangle, stronghold of al-Qaeda in the ... Read More