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Inside Nigeria's kidnap crisis

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Nigeria is in the grip of a kidnapping epidemic, with thousands of people abducted and millions of dollars paid in ransom.

Senegalese customs authorities have seized nearly 800kg (1,700lb) of cocaine on a ship, according to officials.

The cocaine was packed in travel bags, hidden inside 15 new cars that arrived in Dakar from Brazil.

(Image: These men confessed to being involved in the kidnapping of Chibok girls. Credit: BBC)

23 minutes

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Mon 1 Jul 201915:06GMT

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  • Mon 1 Jul 201915:06GMT

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