Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar's kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

Nigerian authorities said Sunday they have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic boarding school in Niger state, bringing the total freed to more than 200 after a mass ...

It is over a year since Eva Greztmacher, now 74, was kidnapped from her home in Niger When Marin Petrović arrived in Bamako in early September last year, he was elated. The Bosnian national had spent ...

Five suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Jewish South African intellectual Steven Gruzd, South African Police say. There is no indication that the kidnapping ...

Premier Lesufi has confirmed that the kidnapping of Vosloorus businessman Mazwi Kubekha involved a group of South Africans and foreign nationals.

Gauteng authorities say the kidnapping case of Vosloorus spaza shop owner Mazwi Kubheka remains under investigation.

This case appears to be the first ransom demand in South Africa made in virtual currency. Johannesburg: A gang who kidnapped a South African teenager from a playground at the weekend have demanded a ...

These Pretoria areas are among South Africa’s worst kidnapping hotspots, according to the latest crime statistics.

When Marin Petrović arrived in Bamako in early September last year, he was elated. The Bosnian national had spent years applying for tourist visas to Mali, only to be repeatedly denied on security ...