LAGOS: The recent wave of kidnappings plaguing Nigeria is just the latest bout of security crises to hit Africa’s most populous country, which the government says it is fully committed to address. In just a week, assailants kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, 38 worshippers, 315 school children and teachers, 13 young women and girls walking near a farm, and another 10 women and children — across various parts of the country.

Three mass kidnappings have occurred in a single week – including the abduction of more than 300 students from a Christian school – as Nigeria faces mounting calls from Washington…

More than 300 students abducted amid surge in armed attacks, bringing back memories of 2014 Chibok girls' kidnapping.