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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)
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Mon 1 Jul 201915:06GMT
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