'kidnappings' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of taking someone against their will, usually for ransom or political reasons. For example, "Kidnappings have become a serious problem in many countries around the world."
The kidnappings triggered worldwide protests and military assistance from western governments, but 219 girls are still missing.
Jonathan's comments on Thursday echoed those earlier in the week of the US president, Barack Obama, who said the Chibok kidnappings "may be the event that helps to mobilise the entire international community to finally do something against this horrendous organisation that has perpetrated such a terrible crime".
"That same night when I heard of the kidnappings I started to move.
"The most common of these requests concerned fraud, homicides, kidnappings, and other criminal investigations".
It has also carried out mass kidnappings, most infamously of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok last year.
Following the Israeli boys' abduction, Netanyahu promised to publish the evidence collected by Israeli security forces that he said proved Hamas had ordered the kidnappings, but it has never been disclosed.
Unicef says children have become frequent and deliberate targets for murder, sexual abuse, kidnappings or forced marriage.
Its report, Those Terrible Weeks in Their Camp: Boko Haram Violence Against Women and Girls in North-east Nigeria, is based on interviews with 30 women and girls abducted between April 2013 and April 2014, plus 16 people who witnessed kidnappings.
Mike Omeri, a spokesman for the Nigerian government, said the reported kidnappings had taken place in a remote area and were still being investigated.
But Nigeria's neighbours were forced to act after Boko Haram crossed into their territories, carrying out attacks and kidnappings, Iyi added.
But since the murder of the Charlie Hebdo journalists, and the kidnappings and killings that followed, you can't help but wonder what is going to happen next, and where?
