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...

GOVERNOR AMBODE,VOWS TO COMPLETE THE RAIL PROJECT FROM MILE 2 TO MARINA IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

                 Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode has vowed to complete the Blue Light Rail project from Mile 2 to Marina in the next 12 months.Today thurday,the governor inspected the works done on the rail project said his administration is determined to complete the project at the shortest time possible.He said he decided to inspect the project in order to quickly mobilise the contractor to expedite action so that the project could be completed on time due to its importance.''The Mile 2 Badagry Expressway is very important to all of us and like we said,it's a project that we must finish.It's a project that i would like to be completed withing the shortest possible time.So i'll like to see greater work done on the road project itself.On the rail project,like we have said,we are going to mobilise immediately to see that what has been done from Mile 2 to National Theatre is continued to Marina within the next 12 months.We should be able to put to use whatever has been done from Mile 2 to Marina.Immediately they commence work on the road project from Mile 2 towards Badagry,once we pass the aspect of Okokomaiko,we should be able to do the Blue Rail from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko.We're all going to sit down to make sure that we alleviate the sufferings of our people and that this project will definitely increase the economic activity along this corridor and that is what the government intends to do''.

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