All Eigendreh

Lower thirds:

00:08 Kaltume Kachalla | Mother of missing sons
00:37 Report by Azeezat Olaoluwa
01:33 Maria Toscano | International Red Cross
02:00 Zuwaira Gambo | Borno State Commissioner
02:56 Azeezat Olaoluwa | DW Correspondent | Maiduguri, Nigeria
03:23 Kaltume Kachalla | Mother of missing sons

Script:

(Broll Kaltume washing her face with water) 
TC 00:02 to 00:07 to Kaltume Kachalla will never forget the day Boko Haram attacked her village. 

TC 00:07 to 00:35 
+++ SOT Kaltume Kachalla (Hausa language) ( 28 secs)  
We were at home and at 1:13 am we started hearing gunshots. At first, we thought it was a military drill, later we started hearing people chanting “Allahu Akbar”. I picked up my youngest daughter, fled to a nearby river and spent the night there. 
 
TC 00:35-00:51 When she returned from hiding the next day, her husband was dead, and three of her six other children missing – all boys.   
That was 12 years ago. The memory of the 55-year-old mother is sketchy, and she finds it hard to talk about what happened. 

TC 00:51 to 01:03 
+++ SOT Kaltume Kachalla (Hausa language) (12 secs) 
It's been so long since my sons went missing, but I am always thinking about them. After all the crying I have done for years, I am yet to see them. 
 
TC 01:03 to 01:30 Her biggest fear is that Boko Haram kidnapped her eldest sons to recruit them as fighters – a tactic that became common, as the militant group launched their insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2009.  
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, 16,000 people are unaccounted for in the region, 9,000 of them in Borno state. The organisation says many of them were children at the time they went missing. 

TC 01:31 to 1:54 
+++ SOT (ENGLISH) (23 secs) (Maria Toscano, ICRC Protection of Family Links, Team Leader, Nigeria) 
The ICRC continues tracing missing persons all over Nigeria and also in other countries. Meanwhile we provide support to the families with livelihood, psychosocial support and administrative challenges that they are facing. We keep strengthening the network so the families can represent themselves. But this is not enough, we also need support from the authorities. 
 
TC 01:54 to 01:58 The authorities say they’re doing what they can. 
 
TC 01:58 to 02:17 

+++SOT (ENGLISH) (19 secs) Zuwaira Gambo 
Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Borno State 
The Borno state government is doing a lot in terms of reuniting found children with their parents or guardians. In addition to that, the government is also keeping track of those that are yet to be found. 

TC 02:17 to 02:42 She says a data centre has been set up for missing people across the state. We were unable to get a number for forced disappearances specifically. 
That’s not good enough for families who are searching for lost relatives.  
In Borno’s state capital Maiduguri, hundreds of families have formed an association to demand more action from the government and offer each other emotional support. 
 
TC 02:42 to 2:54  

+++SOT (HAUSA) Aisha Alhaji Kaura at the family gathering (12 secs) 
46:01-56:07 Gathering here gives us a little peace of mind. We remember our loved ones that are missing, and it feels as if they are here with us. 
 
TC 2:54 to 3:14 

+++PTC Azeezat Olaoluwa, West Africa Correspondent at the family gathering (English) (20 sec) 
After more than a decade of conflict, this region of northeastern Nigeria has the highest number of missing persons in the country. Thousands of families who are missing loved ones, struggle to cope with loss and are unable to get closure. But with the support they get here, they haven't given up hope of being reunited. 

TC 3:14 to 3:20 The same goes for Kaltume. She has a message for her sons: 
 
TC 3:20 to 3:41  

SOT Kaltume Kachalla at home (Hausa) (21 sec) 
30:11-30:30 Isa, Hassan, MaduGana, Bawali, Yakaka, I am telling you that I have not lost hope. I am still alive, so come back to me. If you can hear me, please come home. 
 
TC 3:41 to 3:54 The families here know that the chances of reunification are small amid the ongoing conflict in their home country – and they worry that the more time passes, the slimmer the chances of finding their loved ones. 
 (Broll woman crying)