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Nigeria: Middle class in fear as kidnappings rise (AP)

July 6th, 2010

FILE - In this Aug 2, 2009 file photo, Nigerian police stand guard outside a church in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Kidnappers who once targeted foreign oil workers are now abducting children for whatever ransom they can get. Those who can afford it hire police officers from elite and lethal units like the Mobile Police, or 'kill-and-go' as Nigerians refer to them. A report released in May 2010 by the Soros Foundation's Open Society Justice Initiative suggested about a fourth of the nation's officers are hired out as private security guards. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, file)AP - Masked armed men guard Nigeria’s elite in this volatile oil-rich region, but the country’s middle class can only lock their doors and pray each time their children leave home.


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