Dozens, including minors, abducted by armed men in Nigeria's northwest

Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria's Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages. The latest kidnapping took place on Friday in Wanzamai village in Tsafe local government area in Zamfara. Kidnappers in Nigeria often keep their victims for months if a ransom is not paid and also demand villagers pay protection fees to be allowed to farm and harvest their crops.