Kidnappers abduct Swiss national in Niger A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped in Niger Republic, Switzerland’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday. The foreign ministry said it had been “informed of the kidnapping of a Swiss citizen in Niger. “The Swiss diplomatic mission in Niamey is in contact with the local authorities. Clarifications are underway," the AFP reports. The governor of the Nigerien state of Agadez, General Ibra Boulama Issa, said the abduction happened in Agadez city, where an Austrian woman was kidnapped three months ago. The general said “a foreign woman… of Swiss nationality”...