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Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape

Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape

Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as the pope called for the immediate release of those still missing. The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and 18, escaped individually between Friday and Saturday,

315 students and teachers seized in one of Nigeria's worst school kidnappings

315 students and teachers seized in one of Nigeria's worst school kidnappings

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary's co-education school in Niger state in central Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring