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Parents of abducted Nigerian students demand rescue action

The students were abducted from a college in Kaduna last month.

Parents of dozens of Nigerian students abducted from a college in Kaduna last month have been protesting at the country鈥檚 parliament accusing the authorities of not doing enough to rescue their children.

We hear how Uganda鈥檚 Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan amid Covid-19 restrictions.

And the Democratic Republic of Congo provinces of Ituri and North Kivu to come under military administration after being declared areas under siege due to rising insecurity.

(Picture: Parents and relatives of students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna who have been abducted, hold placards during a demonstration in Abuja on May 4, 2021 to demand the release of their families who has spent 55 days in captivity. Credit: Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

27 minutes

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Tue 4 May 2021 17:06GMT

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  • Tue 4 May 2021 17:06GMT

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