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...

ACE BOXER BASH ALI,DETAINED BY THE NIGERIAN POLICE IN ABUJA.

                According to sources,Edo state born boxer,Bash Ali,was at the headquaters of NEXIM Bank in Abuja to see it's Managing Director,Robert Orya to demand the release of the N150 million financial support to aid the hosting of a competition.The money is to be given to the Local Organizing Committee,LOC,inaugurated by the former chairman of the National Sports Commission,Bolaji Abdullahi in January.Bash Ali who had been having a running battle with the M.D of NEXIM Bank over his refusal to release the money could not see him yesterday,instead he was arrested by men of the Nigerian Police attached to the Federal secretariat in Abuja when he arrived the premises at the bank.Bash Ali said ''I was at the bank yesterday only to be arrested.The Divisional police office D.P.O,attached to the station told me to write a statement,but i told him that i won't write anything because i was at the bank to demand for the legitimate money that Mr Orya has to give to LOC of the fight.No kobo has been released because they want a private meeting with me,which i refused.The government of Nigeria gave me a national honour,but see where i am today?.The Police were told to detain me like an armed robber because i demanded that the President's order must be strictly followed''.One more picture below.                                                                   

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