Nigeria, West Africa Increasingly Beset by Kidnappings, Terrorism
4th August 2021
While much of the world has been focused on combating the global coronavirus pandemic, extremist and criminal groups have been carrying out kidnapping-for-ransom raids on Nigerian schools with the hopes of extorting local populations.
The Daily Signal has reported on those developments previously, but the situation has not improved. In early July, following six days of attacks, Nigerian authorities closed 13 schools after more than 125 students were kidnapped from a Baptist high school.
In addition to the kidnappings, 33 civilians were killed and four churches were burned.
According to Statisense, a Nigerian data company, more than 3,000 people have been kidnapped since January.