M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).

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 M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...

ANAMBRA & BORNO HAS THE HIGHEST RETURNEES FROM BANGUI AS NEMA APPEALS TO STATES TO COME PICK THEIR PEOPLE.

Another section of the returnees            Alhaji Mohammad Sani-Sidi,the Director General,National Emergency Management Agency {NEMA},has appealed to state governments whose indigenes were affected in the Bangui crisis,to collect them from the Hajj camp in Abuja.Sani-Sidi made the appeal today sunday in Abuja while on inspection of the Hajj camp where the evacucuee from Bangui central African Republic {CAR} are being accommodated.He said that prompt collection of the evacuee from the camp by the state governments whose indigenes were affected,would reduce their suffering.On friday,the DG also addressed the evacuees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport in Abuja,pledging the agency's willingness to work with State Emergency Management {SEMA} to re intergrate them into the society.Borno has the highest number of returnees with more than 300 returnees of the 1,113 evacuated between Jan 3 and Jan 4.Anambra was second with more than 280 returnees.Three injured evacuee are receiving tratment at the Nigeria Air force Base medical clinic on the Airport Road.Mr Umar Abubaka,an indegene of Borno,who is being treated for bullet wounds from the crisis in Bangui,said he was shot on the chest while trying to run to safety.

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