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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2025 · 37 MIN

Nigeria: Why kidnappers killed 35 hostages despite paid ransoms

from Focus on Africa · host BBC World Service

Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people from Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release. Why is the kidnapping menace in Nigeria not only growing but changing as well ?Why fibroids are particularly a problem for  black womenAnd Ghanaian students abroad facing deportation because the government failed to pay their feesPresenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Blessing Aderogba in Lagos, Charles Gitonga in Nairobi with Patricia Whitehorne and Yvette Twagiramariya in London Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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