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).

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 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...

WAS IT WISE FOR SANUSI TO DROP THE CASE AGAINST GOODLUCK,A.G AND I.S.P?.

           According to The Tribune,a national news paper in Nigeria,they said the Emir of  Kano and former Central Bank Governor,Lamido Sanusi has withdrawn the court case he instituted against President Goodluck Jonathan,the Attorney General and inspector General of police over his suspension as Central Bank Governor on February 20th 2014.According to the news paper,in a preliminary objectio filled by counsel for the president and counsel for the Attorney General of the Federation,they pray the court to decline jurisdiction on the suit,since it was labour related and as such,the National Industrial court is the appropriate court to hear it.The Federal High court rejected Sanusi counsel's argument that the Federal High court had jurisdiction to hear the suit.The court transferred the suit to the National Industrial court.After the  transfer of the suit,instead of striking it out,the President as well as the Attorney General of the federation,filed separate notices of appeal,challenging the Judgement .On tuesday,Sanusi however,filled a notice to discontinue the suit.Was it wise for Sanusi to discontinue the suit?                                                       

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