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According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), over 82,000 people are registered as missing across Africa and that's likely just a fraction of the total number. These disappearances are largely attributed to insurgency, armed conflict, and widespread kidnapping, DW's Azeezat Olaoluwa travelled to Maiduguri in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state to meet the families who are organising themselves: to support each other, and to put pressure on authorities to do more to find their loved ones.