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School items belonging to abducted students of Baptist Nursery and Primary School sit inside an empty classroom in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Analysis

Nigeria’s economic gains collide with a kidnapping boom

Kidnapping has become big business – with consequences for investment, poverty, and Tinubu’s political future.

Nigerian security forces free hundreds of abductees
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Nigerian security forces free hundreds of abductees

Abductions by armed groups, including Boko Haram-linked militants, have become increasingly common to extract ransom payments.

An electronic board displays that the secondary market yield on newly issued 10-year government bonds has risen to 3.000 percent, in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan.
What We're Watching

Bond investors continue sell off, Israel looks to LatAm for new friends, Brazilian presidential candidates push for data centers

Investors around the world are selling off government bonds amid concerns about rising inflation and unsustainable spending by some large economies.

​Nigerian Army soldiers on patrol after a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, on June 16, 2025.
Analysis

What’s behind a surge of violence in Africa’s most populous country?

Violence in Nigeria reportedly decreased significantly in 2024, but the numbers have rocketed back up again.

​Belarussian dissident Syarhei Tsikhanouski hugs his wife, Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on June 21, 2025.
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HARD NUMBERS: Belarus frees dissident, Farmers kidnap Colombian soldiers, Damascus church attacked, & More

An armored vehicle of Nigerian Security Forces drives by newly built homes, ahead of the community re-opening ceremony which was destroyed by Boko Haram armed militants in 2015, in Ngarannam, Borno State, Nigeria, October 21, 2022.
What We're Watching

Jihadist violence surges in Nigeria as terror networks expand

There has been a rise in attacks in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram and a rival group called the Islamic State West Africa Province, spurring concerns that jihadists might be making a strong return in the region.

​60-year-old Alejandra Rodriguez represented the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentina 2024 beauty pageant.

Hard Numbers: Argentina’s best face, Deadly US storms, Terror in Nigeria, Monarchy defamation in Thailand, Social media scrub in China

​A boy holds a sign to protest against, what a teacher, local councilor and parents said, the kidnapping of hundreds school pupils by gunmen after the Friday prayer, in Kaduna, Nigeria March 8, 2024.
What We're Watching

Hundreds of children kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria

Over 300 children have been abducted at gunpoint in northern Nigeria in recent days.

Google Bard seen on Google blog post with Google logo on mobile, in Brussels, Belgium.
News

What We're Watching: Bard bot, Nigerian election heats up, Tibetan kids pulled away

Google's Bard vs. ChatGPT; Nigeria nears decision day; China is separating Tibetan children from families

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during Covid-19 vaccination program press conference at National Palace on June 3, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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What We're Watching: AMLO's bittersweet victory, Boko Haram's leader is (maybe) dead, El Salvador's move towards crypto

A collection of student footwears left behind after gunmen abducted students at the Government Science school in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 13, 2020.
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Nigeria's struggles

A horrifying attack by militants in northern Nigeria has again shed light on the country's precarious security situation. What are the conditions — political, economic, and social — that have allowed militant groups like Boko Haram to gain ground in Nigeria?








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