Over 1,500 persons missing in Yobe since Boko Haram insurgency – ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it is presently pursuing up connected much than 1,500 cases of missing persons successful Yobe State since the outbreak of the Boko Haram conflict.

The Head of the ICRC Sub-Delegation successful Damaturu, Syed Rashid Hassan, disclosed this ahead of August 30 commemoration of the 2026 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

He said the fig is portion of much than 17,000 missing-person cases being tracked by the ICRC crossed Nigeria, with much than fractional of those reported missing being children astatine the clip of their disappearance.

Hassan described enforced disappearance arsenic “one of the astir devastating and long-lasting consequences of equipped struggle and different situations of violence, disasters and migration.”

He noted that families are near with emotional, economic, ineligible and intelligence burdens.

“Today, galore families are inactive surviving successful uncertainty, causing agony and unspeakable suffering,” helium said.

The ICRC authoritative said the organisation has adopted a holistic approach, moving with the Nigerian Red Cross,...