BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).

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 BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS  Benue State has taken a major step toward strengthening child protection and social welfare services with the graduation of 60 Auxiliary Social Workers (ASWs) trained to serve vulnerable children and families at the grassroots. The graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, marked the successful completion of a programme jointly supported by the Benue State Government, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Benue State Bureau for International Cooperation and Development (BICD). Speaking at the event themed “Building Community Resilience Through Professional Auxiliary Social Work,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Theresa Apochi-Ikwue, described the initiative as a strategic response to gaps in child protection services across the state. She said the newly trained ASWs would...

RWANDA SPY CHIEF ''KARAKE'',WHO WAS ACCUSED OF 1994 GENOCIDE,FREED TODAY BY A BRITISH COURT.

                      Rwanda's Spy Chief Karenzi Karake,was freed today monday by a British court,after he was arrested in June on a warrant over alleged reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide.Officials did not immediately provide further details but a fuller statement from Britain's Crown Prosecution service was expected shortly.Rwanda had condemned the arrst of Karake.He had been granted bail by a London court pending extradition proceedings.Karake was partof the Rwandan Patriotic Front {RPF},the then rebel force that halted the genocide and now runs the country.To supporters,Karake is a hero who helped stop the slaughter of 800,000 people,mostly minority Tutsis.The Spanish warrant stemmed from a lengthy indictment issued by a judge in 2008 which accused 40 senior Rwandas,including Karake,of war crimes in the aftermath of the genocide.Karake was also accused of ordering the killing of three Spanish volunteers from a medical charity in 1997.

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