M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).
M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...
The Economic and Financial Commission,EFCC,yesterday wednesday 22nd March,2017 secured another conviction in the ongoing N8bn Currency Mutilation Scam before Justice Joyce Abdul Malik of the Federal High Court,Ibadan,Oyo State.In her ruling,the judge convicted and sentenced the duo of Toogun Kayode Philip and Afolabi Esther Olunike,former staff of Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN} and Wema bank respectively to eighteen years imprisonment on three counts to run concurrently.The convicts who were the 4th and 5th defendants amongst other former bankers standing trial in the ongoing CBN N8bn currency mutilation scam opted for a plea bargain hence,they were convicted accordingly.While Toogun,a former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN bagged a three-year jail term on counts 15,17 and 19 respectively to run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016,Afolabi got three years on count 16,18 and 19 respectively to also run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016,Afolabi got three years on counts 16,18 and 19 respectively to also run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016.
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