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World Peace Cyclist Arrives In Gambia

Picture: Mr. Lok Bandhu Karki (Cyclist)

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Mr. Lok Bandhu Karki, a world peace cyclist arrived in the Gambia last week after visiting sixty-five countries, including 37 in Africa with the aim...

Nigerian states urged not to execute

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Nigeria’s state governments have been urged not to extend the death penalty to include crimes such as kidnapping. Nigeria currently operates a...

Society and kidnap menace

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A kidnap occurs when one or a group of people are unlawfully captured or taken away against their will usually for ransom. Kidnapping is an...

6 Nigerians charged with kidnapping, others

Monday, February 16, 2009

The six Nigerians, who were paraded on national television last Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping one Justin Liebig, an Australian, were last...

Sierra Leone ALERT: Female journalists taken hostage over reports on FGM

Friday, February 13, 2009

Four journalists in Kanema, a town of about 200km from Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, were on February 7, 2009 taken hostage by members of Bondo...

The law and you!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Editorial, In every human society, there exist principles by which the people operate, conducting themselves in line with some specific moral...

Man docked for attempted kidnapping

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Chidrim David Awu, a Nigerian, was yesterday arraigned before Magistrate Sagarr Jahateh of the Kanifing Magistrates Court for attempted kidnapping. ...

Kidnapper in police net

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Many people reacted with disbelief when they heard of or read the story of a kidnapper, Chindrin David Awu, a Nigerian, earlier this week. ...

Sandton businessman's son is kidnapped - for ransom

http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=894622

Friday, November 28, 2008

Police acted fast to arrest two young men and a teenager on Friday, following the kidnapping of a Sandton businessmans son in an attempt to claim a...

Schoolchildren seized as armed groups in DR Congo recruit child soldiers

Friday, November 07, 2008

Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have attacked a school in a bid to recruit child soldiers. Save the Children knows of two...