UN SAYS 53 CONGOLESE REFUGEES HAVE DIED IN BURUNDI. (PHOTO).

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 UN says 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi More than 50 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have died in neighbouring Burundi, the United Nations Refugee Agency told Reuters late on Friday. Of a total 53 deaths recorded, 25 people died due to a cholera outbreak, the agency said, while six others died from anemia and other complications related to malnutrition, it said. The U.N. said it was working with the health ministry and other partners to investigate the cause of the other deaths. More than 100,000 Congolese have sought refuge in Burundi since fighting near the border intensified in early December and rebels seized the town of Uvira, the UNHCR said. Jean Jacques Purusi, governor of South Kivu province where Uvira is located, described the situation in Burundi as "misery" and "a crisis completely forgotten by the international community and media." Congo's state and social affairs ministry said it was leading a humanita...

OSCAR PISTORIUS,TO BE FREED FROM PRISON NEXT WEEK.

                   According to BBC,Olympic an Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius,who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2014 after being found guilty of culpable homicide,or manslaughter will be freed from prison to house arrest next week tuesday.He shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door but said he thought she was an intruder on valentines day.The prosecution has appealed,saying he should instead be convicted of murder.His case is expected to be heard on 3 November next month.He has spent 12 months in jail and now he will spend the rest of his sentence under what is term in  South Africa  as ''Correction Supervision''.An earlier decision to release him in August was blocked by South Africa's Justice Minister Michael Masutha,who said it had been made Prematurely.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                                  

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