Central-Africa
Dr Dzabana, head of civil society, kidnapped
Dr. Alex Dzabana, head of civil society in Congo, president of the M22 association, was allegedly kidnapped this morning outside his home…
Topic
Kidnappings
West-Africa
344 high school students kidnapped from the Kankara boarding school have been released
In Nigeria, high school students who were caught last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, northwestern Nigeria, were released on the…
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 Friday the…
West-Africa
a US citizen kidnapped in Massalata
A US citizen was kidnapped in southern Niger overnight from Monday to Tuesday by six attackers who came on foot. as reported…
West-Africa
Liberation of hostages in Mali: what position for Moustapha Chafi, former adviser to Compaoré?
Who negotiated the discharge of 4 hostages, together with Soumaïla Cissé and Sophie Pétronin, two weeks in the past in northern Mali?…
North-Africa
Kidnappings rising in Libya
The Nationwide Fee on Human Rights in Libya (NHCR) in a press release condemned the arbitrary detention of considered one of its…
West-Africa
many national hostages held in the Sahel along with Westerners
The release of the French hostage, Sophie Pétronin, put the spotlight on Westerners still being held in the Sahel. But next to…
West-Africa
In the news: the underside of a liberation
After moments of joy and effusion, following the release late last week in Mali of the three Western hostages and opposition leader…
West-Africa
behind the scenes of the release of the hostages, tough negotiations
The release on Thursday night of the four hostages in Mali, Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and the two Italians, Nicola Chiacchio and…
West-Africa
a Swiss missionary, held hostage, was killed by her captors
Another hostage in Mali, a Swiss woman, was killed by her captors. Bern officially announced it on Friday evening, October 9th. We…
West-Africa
In Mali, relief after the release of Soumaïla Cissé
Several hostages in the hands of jihadists were released on Thursday. Among them the leader of the Malian opposition. Soumaïla Cissé was…
