A lot is said about kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria but little is known about how families mobilise resources and deliver ransom to kidnappers.
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Hundreds of children were stolen from their parents during the dictatorship in Argentina, but over the years some have been reunited with their families.
The interests of bandits and jihadists are converging in Nigeria and this poses a formidable threat to the country’s security.
These wartime abductions aren’t specific to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Throughout history, they’ve inflicted trauma on society’s most vulnerable – making them a rich subject matter for the stage.
Families are worried that a new Nigerian law will stop them getting their kidnapped friends or relatives back.
Two men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 have been found guilty. Their backgrounds and the trial itself raise concerns about the role of extremism in America.
Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
Ukraine says thousands of Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russian soldiers, which is a war crime. The US government kidnapped and forced the assimilation of Indigenous children for decades.
Ending violence against foreigners can only happen by first recognising – and addressing – the hazards of South Africa’s crumbling system of indirect rule.
The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
Perceptions of marriage abduction as a recent phenomenon hide the violence that has been done to women as part of culture.
Plus, why women join Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Listen to episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
In the past five years, the rise of banditry and terror attacks have had devastating effects on children in northern Nigeria.
Sea piracy often grabs the headlines, but it is just one of many symptoms of insecurity at sea.
Much remains unknown so far about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but five themes will remain relevant no matter how events unfold.
Feeding a simple narrative of piracy without a broader look at other maritime security challenges hinders progress in dealing with it.
Meet the unsung aid workers who put their lives on the line during war and natural disaster to make sure the dead are treated with respect – and that their grieving families get closure.
For the few cases that go awry, the main problems are pre-existing medical conditions and escape attempts.
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Reader (Associate Professor), Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nile University of Nigeria
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Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation, Middlebury
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PhD (Maritime Security), University of Greenwich
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Professor of Family Law, University of South Carolina
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Reader in Political Economy, King's College London
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Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Visual Anthropology
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Keele University
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Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo and Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
