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...

IN A RECENT STATEMENT,AREWA CONSULTATIVE FORUM,ACCUSED JONATHAN OF PLOTTING TO HINDER BUHARI'S TENURE.

                   The Arewa Cosultative Forum ACF,accused President Goodluck Jonathan of deliberate plot to hinder the smooth take off of Muhammadu Buhari's tenure.The statement is signed by the ACF National Publicity Secretary,Muhammad Ibrahim,noted that the nationwide fuel scarcity had virtually crippled the economy and put untold hardship on Nigerians.Part of the statement reads ''This has seriously affected power generation and distribution,transportation system,telecommunications,banking,water supply and other sectors of the economy.All these unwarranted hardships including the persistent insecurity and many others which the outgoing regime will bequeath to Gen Buhari appear to be deliberate and calculated to hinder the smooth takeoff of the new administration.The recent revelation by the Finance Minister,Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala that despite about N61.7billion about N12.3 trillion} earned from oil and other sources in the four years of president Jonathan,the Federal Government has been borrowing to pay salaries and allowances thereby incuring heavy debt for the incoming administration''.

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