How Africa’s armed conflicts fuel ‘disappearance’ of people
A man walks as smoke rises over buildings following air strikes during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army in Khartoum North on May 1, 2023. File | Reuters
Africa’s enduring conflicts like that of Sudan are helping disappear more people than before, sending unending trauma to families left behind.
New data shows more than 71,000 people, 25,000 children among them, have been reported missing on the African continent by the end of June, 2024, according to details contained in a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
