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FO° Talks: Nigeria: Mass Kidnappings Surge as Poverty, Terror and Corruption Fuel Crisis
by Olawole Fajusigbe & Rohan Khattar Singh

FO° Talks: Nigeria: Mass Kidnappings Surge as Poverty, Terror and Corruption Fuel Crisis

In this episode of FO° Talks, Rohan Khattar Singh and Olawole Fajusigbe examine Nigeria’s surge in mass kidnappings and the forces behind them. Poverty, porous borders and weak governance have turned abduction into a low-risk, high-profit enterprise. Without accountability, development...

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