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).
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...
Contrary to the reports of the two officers declared wanted,on the Nigeria Customs Social media it was actually 3 officers that were declared wanted not just two.{Back to the report},The Nigeria Customs Service,have declared this officers in the picture above and below, identified as Abudullahi,I,Odiba Haruna Inah and Yola Babakiri Ibrahim, in connection with the clearance of 1X40ft Container No. PONU/825914/3 found to contain 661 pump action riffles.The Custom Service said ''Whenever/wherever seen,they should be arrested and taken to the nearest Customs formation and contact the undersigned immediately,please.Tel. No. 08033551952,08035980568.
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