Kidnapping

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Armed gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on...

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has pressed the Taliban to return Mark Frerichs, an American kidnapped...

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted 15 students and four staff members from an agricultural college in the northwestern Nigerian...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her...

LAGOS (Reuters) - A politician was abducted from his home in northern Nigeria on Monday and a Swiss national was...

KABUL (Reuters) - Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern...

By Alasdair Pal and Anushree Fadnavis NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Protesters gathered in India's capital on Thursday outside a crematorium...

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of one million naira each to release around 80 children snatched...

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief minister of India's capital ordered a judge-led enquiry on Wednesday after...

By Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian law enforcement agencies traded barbs on Saturday after a judge who disappeared in...

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian local police chief and six bandits were shot dead during a clash in southeastern...

By Garba Muhammed KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has suspended all schooling due to insecurity,...

(Corrects perpetrators of the school abductions in second paragraph to remove reference to Islamist militants) KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Kidnappers who...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed bandits in Nigeria have seized a negotiator who had been sent to pay ransom money to...

LAGOS (Reuters) - A court in Lagos sentenced 10 men to 12 years in prison on Friday for kidnapping the...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers,...

By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Monday it was waiting for information from the Afghan government in...

KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan has withdrawn its ambassador and diplomats from Pakistan's capital following the kidnapping of the ambassador's daughter, the...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Three Chinese nationals and two Mauritanians were abducted from a construction site in northern Mali on Saturday when...