Suspected insurgents kidnap 50 people in north-east Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in north-eastern Nigeria this week, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday, the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged an insurgency for more than a decade. Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have mainly operated in Borno […]
A teacher and six members of a religious congregation have been kidnapped in Haiti, officials say
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP Six members of a religious congregation in Haiti and a teacher have been kidnapped while gathered in front of a school in the capital, officials said. The members are men from the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, according to a statement on Friday from religious officials. As a result of the […]
Mexico high schoolers take up arms after village kidnappings
Acapulco, Mexico Reuters A volunteer police force in rural Mexico that says it has been overwhelmed by local kidnappings has recruited schoolchildren as young as 12 to join its ranks, the latest sign of how some parts of the country are struggling to cope with organised crime. Armed with rifles and sticks, and with their […]
Six nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti while they were travelling on a bus, religious leaders say
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP Six nuns were kidnapped Friday in Haiti as they travelled on a bus through the capital, according to religious leaders. The nuns were accompanied by an undetermined number of unidentified people on the bus who also were kidnapped, according to a statement by the Haitian Conference of the Religious. It said the […]
Thirty-one migrants kidnapped in Mexico rescued by authorities
Mexico CityReuters Mexican authorities have rescued 31 migrants who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, officials announced on Wednesday. Presidential spokesperson Jesus Ramirez confirmed the rescue on messaging platform X. “They are already in the hands of the authorities and are undergoing the appropriate medical examinations,” he added, along […]
Gunmen kill one, kidnap at least 150 in Nigeria’s north-west, residents say
Kano, Nigeria Reuters At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria’s north-west Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in north-western Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, often referred to locally as […]
Gunmen kill three, kidnap at least 50 in north-west Nigeria, say residents
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters At least 50 people, including women and children, were abducted and three others were killed in an attack by gunmen in Bagega, a mining village in Nigeria’s north-west Zamfara state, residents said on Tuesday. Kidnapping for ransom has become commonplace in north-western Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, often referred to […]
UN aid chief calls for immediate release of hostages in Israel-Hamas war
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the United Nations humanitarian relief agency on Tuesday called for the immediate release of all people who have been taken hostage in the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
Analysis – Israeli hostages complicate plan for ‘mighty vengeance’ against Hamas
Jerusalem/Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s options for hitting Hamas over its deadly incursion into Israel could be reined in by concern for the many Israelis seized in the raid, as a nation scarred by past hostage crises faces perhaps its worst one yet. In a dramatic assault launched from Gaza on Saturday, […]
Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria’s Borno state
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Forty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday after a state official paid a ransom for their release, two of the victims and a local leader said. Bukar Isa, from the Mines Advisory Group, shows displaced victims […]