Many of the parents whose children were abducted 10 days ago from a boarding school in Nigeria are terrified - they do not want to talk to the authorities or journalists in case of reprisals from the ...

Nigeria's Zamfara has been the focus of attacks by gangs of heavily armed men, known locally as bandits, in the country's northwest in recent years [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] At least nine people ...

Police said on Tuesday gunmen in the Nigerian state of Kwara have kidnapped 10 women and children in the latest armed gang seizure to rock Africa's most populous country. Authorities said the Monday ...