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BBC OS: 2024/03/13 16:06 GMT: Resurgence of kidnappings in Nigeria

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Resurgence of kidnappings in Nigeria

2024/03/13 16:06 GMT

2024/03/13 16:06 GMT: Resurgence of kidnappings in Nigeria

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Resurgence of kidnappings in Nigeria

We find out why kidnappings are on the rise again in Nigeria

We find out why kidnappings are on the rise again in Nigeria.

Nigeria is once more being rocked by mass abductions. Last night gunmen went from house to house in a village in Kaduna state, firing indiscrminately and kidnapping dozens of residents. More than 250 pupils have been kidnapped in past week in northern Nigeria. Our correspondent who went to meet some of the families of the abducted gives the latest. Our BBC Monitoring expert explains what lies behind the growing kidnapping crisis. 

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have sealed their parties' nominations for November's US elections. We hear from American voters and find out what the world makes of the Biden-Trump rematch.

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We talk about an appeal by the far-right AfD party in Germany against a decision that said it can be classified as an extremist movement. We also hear from three journalists who monitor far-right groups in Germany.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy.

(Photo: A boy holds a sign to protest against, what a teacher, local councilor and parents said, the kidnapping of hundreds school pupils by gunmen after the Friday prayer in Kaduna, Nigeria March 8, 2024. Credit: Stringer/File Photo/Reuters)

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