Pirates kidnap crew off Nigerian coast - security sources
ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed pirates attacked an oil products tanker off the coast of Nigeria in West Africa and abducted an unknown number of crew, security sources said on Tuesday. Full story
Yemeni tribesmen kidnap Swiss aid worker: security source
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped a Swiss citizen working for the Red Cross in southern Abyan province on Monday, a Yemeni security source said. Full story
Yemen kidnappers free Finnish couple, Austrian: security source
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni kidnappers have freed a Finnish couple and an Austrian man missing since being taken hostage in the capital Sanaa in December 2012, a senior Yemeni security source said on Thursday. Full story
At least 4 killed in Chad coup attempt: security sources
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed during a gunfight in the Chadian capital late on Wednesday in what authorities said was a failed coup attempt against President Idriss Deby, security sources said on Thursday. Full story
Mali breaks up suspected militant cell in Bamako: security sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian security forces have arrested at least eight people suspected of plotting an attack in the capital Bamako for the Islamist militant group MUJWA, two senior security sources said on Monday. Full story
Nigerian finance minister's mother freed: security source
ABUJA (Reuters) - The mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was freed on Friday, five days after she was kidnapped from her home in southeastern Nigeria, a senior security source said. Full story
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