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Colombian senator kidnapped, president targeted in election run-up
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» BOGOTá - A Colombian senator was rescued from kidnappers Tuesday as the country's president reported an attempt on his own life in the run-up to elections that observers have warned could be marred by violence.
89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KADUNA (NIGERIA) - The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, following a spate of mass kidnappings in the country.
Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
Maduro heckled and cut off in defiant US court appearance
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Nicolas Maduro walked into a packed New York courtroom Monday with his shoulders back, scanning the public gallery and offering a few Spanish greetings, before declaring: "I am innocent."
'Bandits' kill, abduct, loot village in Nigeria
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» LAGOS - Armed gangs have killed more than 30 people and kidnapped others in a raid in the same Nigerian state where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last year, police said on Sunday.
Venezuelans in Florida rejoice over Maduro's fall, fret over future
AFP, Published on 04/01/2026
» DORAL (UNITED STATES) - Venezuelans who loathed President Nicolas Maduro and for years dreamed of his ouster hugged, sang and cried with joy Saturday over his seizure in a stunning nighttime US military raid.
Nigerian government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren
AFP, Published on 22/12/2025
» ABUJA - Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month.
100 abducted Nigerian children handed over to state officials
AFP, Published on 09/12/2025
» MINNA (NIGERIA) - Around 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month were handed over to state officials Monday, AFP reporters saw.
100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: UN source, presidency
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» MINNA (NIGERIA) - Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said Sunday, though the fate of the 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity remains unclear.
Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappings
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» LAGOS - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a "nationwide security emergency" as the country scrambled to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings that have seen hundreds of people, mostly schoolchildren, captured in a week.