Somalia
Kidnappers release 279 schoolgirls abducted
Nearly 300 girls, who were abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara on Friday, have…
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West-Africa
Attackers kidnap more than 300 girls in Nigeria
Armed men abducted 317 students on Friday and a rescue operation is underway, police in northwestern Nigeria said of the…
West-Africa
with the kidnapping of high school students in Kankara, the new expansion of Boko Haram
The Boko Haram group claimed responsibility for the abduction of at least 333 high school students this Tuesday, December 15,…
West-Africa
Boko Haram claims the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students
The Boko Haram group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of students in an attack on a boys’…
West-Africa
Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau demands kidnapping of high school students in Kankara
During the night from Friday to Saturday, several hundred high school students from their boarding school in Kankara were kidnapped…
West-Africa
Kidnapping from high school will be the government’s priority
Still no news of high school students being kidnapped from their school on the night of Thursday the 10th until…
West-Africa
Switzerland says civilians being held hostage in Mali have been killed by prisoners
Switzerland’s foreign ministry said on Friday that a Swiss woman held hostage in Mali had been killed by an Islamist…
West-Africa
ex-hostages Sophie Pétronin reunited with her son in Mali
Sophie Pétronin, a French aid worker who was the last French hostage in the world, landed in the capital Bamako…
World
Six months after her kidnapping, Soumaïla Cissé regains her freedom
The president of the URD and leader of the Malian opposition, Soumaïla Cissé, was released on Thursday, October 8, 2020.…
West-Africa
The abducted Malian politician Soumaila Cissé released after the government released 100 prisoners
Prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cissé, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in March, was released on Wednesday after Mali released…
West-Africa
French hostage Sophie Pétronin released after being held in Mali since 2016
The Malian presidency on Thursday confirmed that French charity worker Sophie Pétronin, who was abducted in Mali and held hostage…
