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Gunmen kidnap more than 50 people in Nigeria's northwest, UN report says

oche1 · 2025-08-04T12:29:33.280874+01:00

More than 50 people in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state were seized by bandits in a mass abduction Friday, a private conflict monitoring report created for the United Nations has found. Nigeria continues to struggle with a growing kidnap-for-ransom industry as criminal gangs take root across the country's impoverished north.

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More than 50 people in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state were seized by bandits in a mass abduction Friday, a private conflict monitoring report created for the United Nations has found. Nigeria continues to struggle with a growing kidnap-for-ransom industry as criminal gangs take root across the country's impoverished north.

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Oche1
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God help Nigeria

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