The report highlights that kidnappings and abductions have become a growing security threat, with men, women, children, and foreign nationals being vi...

A viral video circulating on social media captured the moment when Keter was forcibly removed from his black Landcruiser V8 vehicle by three men.

Gunmen attacked the villages of Gora, Madomawa and Jambuzu and that 38 men and 67 women and children were missing.

Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.

They are accused of abducting Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami from India, and Kenyan taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange.

The kidnapping in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over insecurity.

The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa's most populous country.