Highlights: Nigeria: nearly 300 students kidnapped in the North-West, in the midst of a wave of mass kidnappings. In the north-west of Nigeria, local “ bandits ” again attacked the Kuriga school. The same day, nearly 100 women were reported missing. Local armed groups also regularly attack farmers or travelers who venture outside the cities. And families are often left to their own devices to negotiate with these bandits, then pay the ransoms they demand.

In Nigeria, the worsening economic crisis is compounded by a security crisis which persists and even risks worsening given the deterioration of the population's living conditions. In the northwest…

Nigeria: nearly 300 students kidnapped in the North-West, in the midst of a wave of mass kidnappings

In Nigeria, the worsening economic crisis is compounded by a security crisis which persists and even risks worsening given the deterioration of the population's living conditions.

In the north-west of Nigeria, local “

bandits

” again attacked the Kuriga school, in the Kaduna region, and kidnapped nearly 300 students on the morning of Thursday March 7.

The same day, nearly 100 women were reported missing.

This video capture from an AFPTV video from March 7, 2024 shows families of abducted students gathering during the visit of Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani after gunmen kidnapped more than 280 students from a school in Kuriga.

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Lagos,

Liza Fabbian

Kaduna Governor Uba Sani visited the Kuriga community, where the majority of the children kidnapped from the local school on Thursday come from.

According to the witness count, at least 187 children from the secondary school were taken away by armed men, as well as 125 other primary school children – 25 of them then managed to escape.

Teachers are also missing.

In recent years,

mass kidnappings

targeting schools have been recurrent

in the Kaduna region

Local armed groups also regularly attack farmers or travelers who venture outside the cities.

And families are often left to their own devices to negotiate with these bandits, then pay the ransoms they demand.

In the east of Nigeria, in the state of Borno, torn apart for more than a decade by jihadist violence, the security situation is just as worrying.

Thursday, March 7, the authorities confirmed the kidnapping of dozens of women in the region of Ngala, a locality close to the Cameroonian border: at least

100 women who had gone to look for wood never returned

to the displaced persons camp where they live.

Despite the persistent presence of jihadists from Boko Haram and Iswap (Islamic State in West Africa) in the region, local authorities began in 2021 to return displaced populations to their villages of origin.

Also read: “The number of children associated with armed groups increases every year”

Nigeria: nearly 300 students kidnapped in the North-West, in the midst of a wave of mass kidnappings

Nigeria: nearly 300 students kidnapped in the North-West, in the midst of a wave of mass kidnappings

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