Boko Haram: ICRC Says 22,000 Missing In Northeast Insurgency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2019
The Red Cross has said on Thursday that Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria.
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The uprising which started in 2009has killed more than 27,000 people, displaced some two million, and spilt overinto neighbouring countries, sparking a dire humanitarian crisis.
The International Committee of theRed Cross (ICRC) said in a statement that the nearly 22,000 Nigerians constitutedthe highest number of missing persons registered with the organisation in anycountry.
Some 60 percent of the total wereminors at the time they went missing, meaning that thousands of parents do notknow where their children are and if they are alive or dead, according to theRed Cross.
The Red Cross said that some familieswere often separated while fleeing attacks, while others have had loved onesabducted or detained and do not know their whereabouts.