Amnesty International demanded Wednesday to know the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who it says was ...

Kevin Rideout, an American missionary who was held captive in Niger for nine months has been released to US officials, the missionary organization he worked for said Friday. “We are grateful to ...

Of the 40 hostages who died in captivity, many were killed by their captors while others succumbed to their wounds. Some died in Israeli strikes and operations, while for a few the full circumstances ...

Scores of schoolchildren who were abducted at gunpoint at a school in Nigeria's north-central Niger State have been freed and handed over to their families, a government spokesperson told CNN Friday.