Tag: Kidnapping
Spanish man heading home after Mali kidnapping ordeal
BOUFARIK – A Spanish man kidnapped by an armed group in the turbulent Algeria-Mali border region was heading home on Wednesday as Madrid confirmed his liberation. The Spaniard arrived at the Boufarik military base south of Algiers on a flight from Algeria’s southernmost Tin Zaoutine commune, the Algerian defence ministry said on Tuesday. He was…
🇺🇬🇰🇪 Ugandan politician ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court
Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya. Besigye, 68, a doctor and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial under a heavily armed military escort on Wednesday. His lawyer Erias Lukwago…
🇱🇾 Libyan protesters block oil valves demanding release of kidnapped General
n a bold move on Tuesday, residents of Zintan, Libya, shut down key oil distribution valves in protest of the abduction of Brigadier General Mustafa al-Whayshi, head of the Central Security Department. Al-Whayshi was kidnapped last Wednesday, and his captors have not been identified. Local leaders in Zintan have accused the Dbeibah government and the…
Libya’s central bank suspends operations after kidnapping of official
Libya’s Tripoli-based central bank said on Sunday it would shut down all operations and not resume work until a senior bank official kidnapped earlier in the day was released. The central bank is the only internationally recognised depository for Libyan oil revenues, a vital economic income for a country torn for years between two rival…
Nigeria police working to secure release of 20 kidnapped medical students
The Nigerian Medical Association says students from universities of Jos and Maiduguri were taken while travelling in Benue State. Nigerian police and security agencies are working to secure the release of 20 medical students who were kidnapped in the eastern part of the country, officials say. The medical students were on their way to an…
Two South Korean missionaries kidnapped in northern Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped two South Korean missionaries in northern Kenya, near the border of Ethiopia, on Monday evening while eight Kenyans were shot dead in a separate incident in the region, local officials said. The arid borderlands between Kenya and Ethiopia are awash with weapons and suffer frequent raids by armed groups, and last year the…
Pirates seize control of cargo ship near Somalia, say owners
Pirates have seized a Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier off the coast of Somalia and taken its 23-member crew hostage, the ship’s owners said. The MV Abdullah was sailing from Mozambique’s capital Maputo to the United Arab Emirates with a cargo of 55,000 tonnes of coal when it was attacked on Tuesday, according to Kabir Steel Re-Rolling…
They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria’s forests
ABUJA, Nigeria (PA) — Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children abducted from their school by motorcycle-riding gunmen in the latest mass kidnapping, which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and a slow security response. The abduction of the 287 children in…
M23 rebels seize town in eastern Congo, killing at least 15
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 6 – The M23 rebel group has taken over the town of Nyanzale in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 15 people in bomb attacks, a local official said on Wednesday. Nyanzale is about 130 km (80 miles) north by road from the provincial capital Goma, and…
Suspected insurgents kidnap 50 people in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 6 – Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern 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…
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