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School abductions spotlight Nigeria's kidnapping crisis

Dagmar Wittek
March 14, 2024

Gunmen last week kidnapped nearly 300 pupils at a school in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state. Abductions have become common across Africa's most populous state, with schools being targeted for mass kidnappings for ransom.

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