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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.
13 Nov
Luis Diaz’s father revealed shocking details of his kidnapping after he was safely released following the twelve-day ordeal. Luis Manuel Diaz was kidnapped by the Colombian guerilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), along with his wife, Cilenis Marulanda.
15 Apr 2023
In northern Nigeria, hundreds of children have been abducted from school in recent years. No longer wanting to take risks, many parents have stopped sending their children to school. They'd rather risk them dropping out.
10 Apr 2023
Gunmen in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of such abductions.

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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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