Tens of thousands registered missing in Africa

More than 45% of them are children who are currently declared missing across Africa says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a statement to mark the International Day of the Disappeared.

The governments of Uganda and South Sudan have agreed to patrol the Nimule-Juba highway where drivers and travelers have recently been attacked. The agreement comes after lorry drivers were killed and bus travelers injured by unknown militia. We speak to South Sudan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Deng Dau Deng.

(Photo: Bintu Bitrus, the mother of Godiya, one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls. Credit: Getty Images)