"Rising Kidnapping Epidemic: Women and Children Abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria"
TL;DR
Nigeria has been shaken by two mass kidnappings within a week, with hundreds of women and children abducted in separate incidents in Borno and Kaduna states. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned the abductions and directed security agencies to rescue the victims. The first incident involved about 200 people, mainly women collecting firewood, while the second saw at least 100 students abducted from a school. The UN and local officials have expressed concern over the frequency of such attacks and called for immediate action.
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- Hundreds of women and children kidnapped in Nigeria, possibly by Boko Haram The Washington Post
- Yet Another Mass Abduction By Non-State Armed Groups In Borno, Nigeria Forbes
- Hundreds Are Feared Seized in Nigeria, as Kidnapping Epidemic Worsens The New York Times
- Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Dozens of women feared abducted in Gamboru Ngala BBC.com
- Terror strikes in northeast Nigeria as suspected insurgents abduct 50 CNN
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