Nigeria's wave of kidnappings: Why the spike in attacks across the north?

Nigeria's wave of kidnappings: Why the spike in attacks across the north?

[France 24 - Africa] - 1er/12/2025
Why is Nigeria in the throes of a kidnapping epidemic? Sometimes depicted as terrorists, other times as bandits, attackers have targeted three schools inside of a week, leading some to compare the abductions with the 2014 Chibok attacks by the jihadists of Boko Haram. We do our comparison and (…)
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