22,000 Nigerians Missing in North-East, Says Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross says a decade of conflict in north-east Nigeria has left at least 22,000 people missing - the highest number of missing persons registered with the organisation in any country.  Peter Maurer, ICRC president, says that nearly 60 percent of those missing are children.

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