Extremist group claims kidnap of foreigners in Nigeria
A new Islamic extremist group Ansaru claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreign workers, mostly Europeans, in northern Nigeria.
February 18 2013, 8:45 pm
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A new Islamic extremist group Ansaru claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreign workers, mostly Europeans, in northern Nigeria.
February 18 2013, 8:45 pm
Read MoreTwo Nigerian Navy officers were killed and four foreigners -- a Malaysian, an Iranian, a Thai and an Indonesian -- were taken hostage by suspected pirates.
August 5 2012, 12:32 am
Read MoreSeven foreigners working for a construction company, mostly Europeans, were kidnapped by gunmen who also killed a guard in Nigeria`s northern state of Bauchi.
February 17 2013, 8:50 pm
Read MoreArmed pirates have kidnapped six foreigners, including two Indians, after storming an oil service ship in southern Nigeria and demanded a ransom of USD 1.3 million, officials said Wednesday.
February 20 2013, 8:01 pm
Read MoreNavy spokesman, Colonel Kabir Aliyu, said the boat in which the victims were traveling belonged to a Netherlands- based oil servicing company, Sea Truck Group Jascon.
August 5 2012, 9:54 pm
Read MoreA group of seven French citizens, including four children, have been kidnapped in Cameroon, an official close to the French president said on Tuesday.
February 19 2013, 10:45 pm
Read MoreThe United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programs.
April 14 2013, 9:09 pm
Read MoreIslamist extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation against them, the US ambassador to Nigeria said.
March 14 2013, 11:36 pm
Read MoreKidnapping of foreigners has become a common tactic of al Qaeda`s north African wing, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
January 27 2012, 10:57 am
Read MoreCriminal groups and insurgents have kidnapped dozens of foreigners in Afghanistan since the Taliban regime was ousted in 2001.
August 2 2011, 9:12 pm
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