UN SAYS 53 CONGOLESE REFUGEES HAVE DIED IN BURUNDI. (PHOTO).
UN says 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi More than 50 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have died in neighbouring Burundi, the United Nations Refugee Agency told Reuters late on Friday. Of a total 53 deaths recorded, 25 people died due to a cholera outbreak, the agency said, while six others died from anemia and other complications related to malnutrition, it said. The U.N. said it was working with the health ministry and other partners to investigate the cause of the other deaths. More than 100,000 Congolese have sought refuge in Burundi since fighting near the border intensified in early December and rebels seized the town of Uvira, the UNHCR said. Jean Jacques Purusi, governor of South Kivu province where Uvira is located, described the situation in Burundi as "misery" and "a crisis completely forgotten by the international community and media." Congo's state and social affairs ministry said it was leading a humanita...
Abba Moro apologises to Nigerians over the recent immigration service recruitment.He says ''I want Nigerians to understand the motive and intention behind the entire process of an open and transparent exercise.This was the first of its kind in the ministry and it was intended primarily to give employment to Nigerians,irrespective of background and connections.What ever out come we got from the exercise,positive or negative,i am the minister and i take full responsibility for it''.The minister added that the ministry planned to conduct an open recruitment in order not to be accused of job racketeering and to correct the mistakes made in the conducts of previous exercises.''The deaths of these young Nigerians who would have added value to the human resource of the country is highly regrettable.I crave the highest level of understanding of every Nigerian.If we had forseen these deaths,we would have stopped the exercise''.Nigerians do you now forgive him?
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