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Kidnapping in Nigeria

March 10, 2024

After over 400 abductions in a week — mostly women and children — Nigeria is again dealing with what some have called" an epidemic of kidnapping."

People gather around an area were gunmen kidnapped school children in Chikun, Nigeria
Image: AP/dpa/picture alliance

Between July 2022 and June 2023, analysts say more than 3,600 people were abducted in Nigeria. The actual number could be far higher.

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