From Umar Dankano,Yola
The International Committee of the Red Cross,ICRC, has registered 3000 requests of missing persons in the ongoing armed conflicts in Republic of Sudan.
President of the ICRC, Mirjana Spoljaric disclosed the development after her recent official visit to the warring North – African country, explaining that, the ICRC and Sudan Red Crescent Society, SRCS, teams received hundreds of messages, emails, and calls every week from people looking for their loved ones.
“The ICRC alone has registered 3,000 requests from people looking for their loved ones since the start of the conflict in April 2023.”
In a press release issued by the ICRC’s Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Dawobe Thursday, President Spoljaric said the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is first and foremost stemming from the disrespect of the laws of war, noting that over eight million people have been displaced due to the fighting.
She stated that, the victims of the conflict lack access to the most basic services and thousands of them have lost contact with their families.
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