MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).
More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...
The statue above is called a Dogu,and they are small humanoid and animal figurines made during 14,000-400 BC.They are made out of clay and are typicallt 10-30 cm high and some appear to wear googles or have heart shaped faces,because of this,a number of ancient astronaut theorists,such as Erich Von Daniken,have suggested that some Dogu figurines may represent beings in space suits.According to the National museum of Japanese history,the total number found throughout Japan is appoximately 15,000.Dogu figurings were made across all of Japan,except Okinawa.Most of the Dogu have been found in eastern Japan and it is rare to find one in western Japan.Most of the dogu figuring when found is usauly not complete.There is a theory that those parts missing may have been cut off in fertility rituals or other healing ceremonies.Nobody really know the real use of the Dogu.
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