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...

281 FAKE NYSC MEMBERS IN NIGER,THROWN OUT OF CAMP-STATE COORDINATOR.

            According to Mr Steven Ehoda-adi,the state Coordinator of NYSC,disclosed this information yesterday tuesday while speaking to journalists shortly after the closing ceremony of the 2014 Bach B orientation excercise in Paiko Niger state.He said the 281 corps members identified as fake at the state orientation camp were sent out of the camp after they failed to present their call up letters.Those affected had nothing to show as having qualified for admission into the camp.''Some of them said they lost their letters when they were attacked by armed robbers on their way to Minna,others claimed to have misplaced them,while some presented photocopies of the letters which he said was not acceptable.Only 3,259 Batch B corps members on tuesday successfully completed their three weeks orientation in the state.Another 230 corps members comprising pregnant and nursing mothers were disallowed from taking part in the normal routine during the three weeks orientation execise''.Then he declared the orientation camp to be closed.      

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  1. Your call up letter is a very precious item,cherished in fact,so all that bla bla lies will never hold water.

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