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Woumpou, Mauritania ndash; On a humid October afternoon in Woumpou, Kadia stands where her front yard used to be .

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From her apartment in rural Germany, Abeba winces as she stares at her phone. The men holding her brother in the desert are sending videos of his torture as they seek to extract a hefty ransom.