BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).

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 BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS  Benue State has taken a major step toward strengthening child protection and social welfare services with the graduation of 60 Auxiliary Social Workers (ASWs) trained to serve vulnerable children and families at the grassroots. The graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, marked the successful completion of a programme jointly supported by the Benue State Government, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Benue State Bureau for International Cooperation and Development (BICD). Speaking at the event themed “Building Community Resilience Through Professional Auxiliary Social Work,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Theresa Apochi-Ikwue, described the initiative as a strategic response to gaps in child protection services across the state. She said the newly trained ASWs would...

SUSPECTED ISLAMIST MALI JAIL BREAK FUGITIVE,MAHAMED ARRESTED .

            Officials disclosed that Mali security forces have arrested Mahamed Aly Ag Wadoussene,a fugitive at the heart of a jail break in Mali's capital on June 16,in which at least two people were killed and 22 prisoners escaped.Ag Wadoussene who shot his way out of prison,was being held for his alleged role in the 2011 kidnapping of two French citizens who ended up in the hand of Al Qaeda's in North Africa.Army spokesman Major Modibo Traore,confirmed the arrest and saying ''Mahamed Aly Ag Wadoussene was arrested in Bamako.We knew he was going to try and contact his girlfriend,who lives with a family in Bamako''.Ag Wadoussene was arrested on tuesday night at Hamdalaye neigborhood in the Malian capital.       

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  1. is the picture in this story the prison? i mean cos a dude does not have to shoot his way out, pushing down the wall will be less messy and what a dumb move on the part of the escapee. didn't he learn a thing from watching #PrisonBreak ?

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