A DNA test has reunited a Texas woman with her long-lost family and ended a mystery that lasted over 50 years. Melissa Highsmith, 53, was abducted by a babysitter from ...
Police in Nigeria say they are investigating a reported mass abduction in the capital Abuja. Kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs are becoming increasingly common across the country. But what ...
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) army has confirmed that they have in their custody, Dr. Lawrence Muganga, the Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University and chairman of the Bavandimwe, an association ...
Boko Haram has said it was behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolboys in Nigeria's north-western Katsina State, hinting at the group's continued expansive and deadly reach in recent weeks, ...
Police in Kampala are investigating circumstances that led to the disappearance and alleged murder of William Mukasa, who was reported missing by his family last week. According to Kampala Metropolitan ...
Residents of Nabisasiro Village, Busega in Rubaga division from where the slain Maria Nagirinya was kidnapped, claim that they heard her screaming but they thought it was the usual petty ...
The family of Maria Nagirinya Gateni, staff at Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) a Non-Government Organisation, who was kidnapped and later murdered by unknown people, has said that they have not ...
Two French tourists are feared kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin after they failed to return from a game drive in a wildlife reserve and their guide was ...
Two Cuban doctors have been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya and their police protection officer killed. According to Police sources in Kenya, the two doctors were on their way to work ...
Africa's youngest billionaire was kidnapped Thursday by gunmen from a gymnasium in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said. Mohammed Dewji, 43, who heads the MeTL Group which operates ...
