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Abductions

Road to Tanzania’s presidential election paved with blood and fear
Africa
/ 14 May 2025

Road to Tanzania’s presidential election paved with blood and fear

In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government

By Correspondent
Uganda’s return to the dark days of Idi Amin
Africa
/ 28 March 2021

Uganda’s return to the dark days of Idi Amin

Hundreds of opposition supporters have disappeared in the last few months, allegedly detained or abducted by Uganda’s security forces

By Andrew Arinaitwe and Eric Mwine-Mugaju
Police mum on kidnap syndicate
Article
/ 11 August 2017

Police mum on kidnap syndicate

As more businesspeople go missing, private investigators tell of a sophisticated global network.

By Sihle Manda
UN outraged by abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls
Article
/ 10 May 2014

UN outraged by abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls

The United Nations is demanding Boko Haram to immediately release the more than 200 girls, who are believed to still be within Nigeria’s borders.

By Michelle Nichols
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Article
/ 21 May 2009

Children abducted from Sri Lanka camps, says rights group

Children are being abducted from camps housing those displaced by Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict, human rights groups charged on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 December 2008

Tsvangirai threatens to quit Zim unity talks

Zimbabwe MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday that his party will quit talks for a unity government if abductions of party members do not stop.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 December 2008

New modes of terror

Jason Moyo reports on how the Mugabe regime is using abduction as a means of political struggle.

By Jason Moyo

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