Crime Africa
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Nigeria police narrates how gunmen killed cops, destroyed patrol vehicle
No fewer than two policemen attached to MOPOL 18, Owerri, Imo State, were on Saturday killed by gunmen in the…
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Kuriga kidnap: More than 280 Nigerian pupils released
More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been released “unharmed”, officials…
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Nigeria’s kidnap crisis: Inside story of a ransom negotiator
A hostage negotiator has told the BBC that paying ransoms may be illegal, yet it is the only way families…
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Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes
Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street…
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Zimbabwe sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa held after 251 children rescued from farm labour
A Zimbabwean sect leader and “self-styled prophet” appeared in court on Thursday charged with child abuse after police raided his…
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31-year-old Nigerian jailed 10 years for human trafficking, illegal entry
A 31-year-old Nigerian, Okolo Chukwukadibia Jackson has been found guilty of trafficking a 16-year-old girl and three other females from…
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Nigeria kidnap crisis: Schoolboy recounts daring escape from bandits
Musa Garba,17, had to slither on the ground like a snake to avoid being detected by his kidnappers as he…
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SA toddler born to mother arrested for drug trafficking in Senegal repatriated
An emotional moment at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg when a department of social development social worker handed over…
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Missing South African girl: Mother and boyfriend charged with trafficking
The mother of a six-year-old girl missing in South Africa since 19 February has been charged with human trafficking and…
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South Sudan activist Peter Biar Ajak arrested in US for $4m ‘smuggling’ weapons
South Sudan’s activist Peter Biar Ajak has been arrested and charged in the US for attempting to smuggle weapons worth…
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