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US envoy says more than 100 people kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia

US envoy says more than 100 people kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia

At least 100 people, including students, were kidnapped for ransom last week in Ethiopia’s restive regions that have seen sporadic fighting since the end of the civil war in Tigray, the U.S. ambassador to Addis Ababa said on Monday. “Recent and frequent kidnappings in Oromia and Amhara regions show how …

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Nigeria: at least 100 people kidnapped by armed men during weekend attacks

Nigeria: at least 100 people kidnapped by armed men during weekend attacks

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped around 100 people, including women and children, in two weekend attacks in Kaduna state, residents and police said on Monday. Kidnappings by criminal gangs demanding ransoms have become an almost daily occurrence in Nigeria, especially in the north, with authorities seemingly powerless to stop them. Kaduna …

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At least three killed and several kidnapped in northwest Nigeria

Police rescue 36 kidnapped victims

At least 50 people, including women and children, were kidnapped and three others killed in an attack by gunmen in Bagega, a mining village in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, local media reported Tuesday, citing residents. Kidnapping for ransom has become commonplace in northwestern Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, …

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