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Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria.
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Nigeria's government has banned single-use plastics. Local traders need low-cost alternatives.
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With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in recent years. On March 7, 286 students - some as young as eight - and school staff were kidnapped by gunmen in Kuriga, a town in Kaduna State.
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With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in the country. The kidnappings tear apart families who have to pool their savings to pay the ransoms and the U.N. estimates that at least 10.5 million children are out of school due to insecurity.
14 Mar
Who's behind the surge in mass abductions in Nigeria? And is there a prospect for resolving this devastating situation? DW correspondent Waisu Idris reports from Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
13 Mar
Soldiers backed by police, the intelligence service, the air force and a local vigilante group are searching for armed kidnappers who abducted nearly 300 pupils from a school in the northern Kaduna state, a source has said.
12 Mar
Blessing Joseph has been weaving bags, sandals and jewelleries, earning enough money to feed her son and send him to school. But since November, she has fallen on hard times as customers have stopped coming and she and her son routinely go to bed hungry.
11 Mar
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday met with his Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar in Moscow capital of Russia.
11 Mar
Dupe Killa-Kafidipe runs a fishery that she says is a sustainable solution to overfishing and reducing imports. On her two hectare plot, she not only breeds fish but has also taught more than a hundred people not to engage in overfishing in the wild but instead practice sustainable fishing.
11 Mar
Following the abduction of more than 280 children by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week, the government claims to have initiated a search. Abductions for ransom are common in Nigeria, with this recent incident being the largest in recent years.
8 Mar
Gunmen kidnapped dozens of pupils in northern Nigeria on Thursday (March 7), residents and parents of the missing children said, in what would be the biggest abduction targeting a school since 2021.
8 Mar
The kidnappings occurred in a remote area in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have operated. Kidnappings have plagued Nigeria for years, mostly targeting women.
5 Mar
Lola Shoneyin is a Nigerian author and poet. One of her latest projects is a stunning poem entitled "A Fragile State". It's part of a project undertaken by the Financial Times, centered on the theme of "Democracy 2024". She joined us for Perspective.

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