Oil workers released in Nigeria
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Sixteen oil workers kidnapped two days ago in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region are freed.
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Security is improving in  Nigeria's oil-producing delta and oil companies are considering  a return for evacuated workers following a peace deal signed by  a rebel militia, industry sources said on Sunday.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria's  oil-producing Niger Delta have released an American engineer  and his Nigerian driver held captive since January 23,  authorities said on Sunday.
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Kidnappers freed six foreigners Wednesday, including an American boat captain, abducted from a nightclub in Nigeria's southern oil region, the government said.
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At least four foreign oil workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, officials say.
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Nigerian troops have rounded up scores of suspected militants in their hunt for hostage-takers as one of two Germans abducted in the oil-rich Niger Delta was released.
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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Militants in the oil-rich south of Nigeria free 12 foreigners, whom they had been holding hostage.
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A Briton was one of four foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria on Friday, the Foreign Office confirms.
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Three Indian truck drivers taken hostage by Iraqi militants have been released, Al Arabia news channel said on Wednesday. The truckers&#39; employers, Kuwait-Gulf Link company, confirmed the development.
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Four Egyptian engineers who were kidnapped in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,  on Sunday are released.
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Hostage takers released three European captives Monday in Nigeria's restive oil region, officials said.
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A British man held hostage in Nigeria's Delta region is released, apparently because of his poor health.
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Kidnappers freed six foreigners Wednesday, including an American boat captain, abducted in a nightclub raid in Nigeria's southern oil region, the government said.
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Seven expatriate oil workers abducted in Nigeria are in good health and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom, a diplomat said on Thursday.
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Four US nationals kidnapped this month in oil-rich southern Nigeria have been freed, official and diplomatic sources said Thursday.
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Nigerian kidnappers have released all 24 Filipino seamen they had been holding captive in the creeks of the oil-producing Niger Delta since January 20, the men's employer, German shipping firm Baco-Liner, said on Tuesday.