The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has recorded a significant increase in the number of confirmed cases of missing persons in Africa, including Nigeria.
The ICRC, in its latest situation report released on Friday, noted that there is at least a 75 per cent increase in the number of missing persons in Africa within the last five years.
More than 71,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the ICRC, a 75 per cent rise from the 40,708 missing persons recorded at the end of 2019. The ICRC said the figures represent only those cases documented by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as of the respective times and not necessarily the total number of missing persons on the continent.
The ICRC gave the update as the world observes the International Day of the Disappeared on Friday, 30 August.
The day, observed annually, aims to raise awareness and amplify the ordeals of the missing, honour…