ANAMBRA TO GO AFTER HOUSES WITHOUT PROPER DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO COMBAT EROSION . (PHOTO).

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 Anambra to go after houses without proper drainage in order to combat Erosion  Worried by the rising menace of gully erosion, the Anambra State Government has threatened to enforce regulations requiring residents to provide proper drainage for storm water from their homes. The State Executive Council (ANSEC), which announced the proposed enforcement, lamented that erosion remains an existential challenge in Anambra, blaming the situation on careless actions by some communities and lapses by regulatory bodies in enforcing environmental laws. Briefing journalists after the weekly executive council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, said it had been observed that some residents channel storm water from their homes directly onto roads, where it accumulates and worsens the erosion crisis across the state. “ANSEC has resolved to step up enforcement to compel residents to properly channel and manage storm water from their houses. Communities are also expected ...

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR OF SOUTH SUDAN,SIGNS THE PEACE DEAL TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

                        Today wednesday,South Sudan's president signed a peace deal to end a 20 month conflict with rebels but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony in Juba that he had serious reservations.President Salva Kiir,who led South Sudan since it seeded from Sudan in 2011,asked for more time for consultations last week,drawing threats of UN sanctions if he failed to sign the peace deal with a two week deadline.Kiir said ''With all those reservations that we have,we will sign this document''.His long time rival and rebel leader Riek Machar,who is expected to become the first vice president under the deal,signed the document since last week in the Ethiopian capital.The conflict erupted in December 2013 after a power struggle between Machar,an ethnic Nuer,and Kiir from the dominant Dinka group.The deal follows month of on off negotiations,hosted by Ethiopia,and several broken ceasefire agreements.Rebels said they captured a town South of Juba today wednesday after their troops were attacked,and that there had been others fighting with government forces.Kiir told the ceremony that rebels launched a raid in the north of the county earlier in the day.''Now you can see who is for peace and who is for continued war''.Machar was Kiir's deputy until he was sacked in 2013 under the deal,he is expected to become Kiir's top deputy again.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                                  

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