Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents and police say
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters A gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Nigeria’s north-west Zamfara state, police and residents said. Kidnapping for ransom by gunmen, known by locals as bandits, is rife in north-west Nigeria due to high levels of poverty, unemployment and the proliferation […]