Tag: Missing Persons

‘Over 23,000 Nigerians still missing’ — ICRC

Aminu Imam
ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC), says more than 23,659 people remain missing in Nigeria, leaving 13,595 families in anguish, most of them women struggling with uncertainty and hardship. Protection of Family Links Team Leader of ICRC in Damaturu, Ishaku Luka, disclosed this yesterday, during activities to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. He said 68 percent of those still searching for answers were women, while 59 percent of those missing were minors at the time of their disappearance. According to him, Yobe state alone accounts for…

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24,000 persons missing in Nigeria – Red Cross

Aminu Imam
Nigerian Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Africa says 24,000 individuals in Nigeria have been registered as missing, with over half being children at the time of their disappearance. The ICRC stated that in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, volunteers from the Nigerian Red Cross have been working to deliver Red Cross messages to many families who have lost contact with their loved ones due to armed conflict. ICRC’s regional director for Africa, Patrick Youssef, disclosed this figure in a statement issued to mark the…

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Nigeria accounts for 23,000 out of 44,000 persons missing in Africa in eight years – Red Cross

Ishaku Yohanna

As 30 August marks International Day of the Disappeared, nearly 44,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with Nigeria having nearly 23,000 on the register of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) caseload of missing people in the continent, driven almost entirely by the conflict in the northeast of the country. Others are Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cameroon, who together with Nigeria make up 82 percent of ICRC’s missing caseload in Africa. All seven countries have seen a rise in…

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