The bandits roam the streets, kidnapping and kidnapping members of the population in peace everywhere in the capital and in certain provincial towns. For the first quarter of the current year, 389 kidnappings were recorded, an increase of just over 173% compared to that of 2021 and 72% compared to that of 2022 during which 142 and 225 kidnappings were respectively counted.
Foreign nationals were not spared by the kidnappers who kidnapped 29 foreign nationals (three countries) during the first quarter of 2023 against 40 for that of