Jihadists are assumed to be behind the recent kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Niger, the latest in a series of abductions in ...

A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in the same Niger city that saw the abduction of an Austrian three months ago, officials told AFP on Monday. The governor of the central Nigerien state of Agadez, ...

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A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez. That's according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

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A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in the same Niger city that saw the abduction of an Austrian three months ago, officials told AFP on Monday. The foreign ministry said it had been "informed of the ...

BAMAKO, Mali — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped in Niger, Switzerland's foreign ministry told AFP, confirming information published by a Nigerien media outlet.