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...

GOVERNOR OBIANO HANDS OVER AGULU LAKE HOTEL TO GOLDEN TULIP ON TUESDAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: one or more people and people standing             Barely one month after launching the $2 billion Anambra Airport City Project at Umueri that would be funded and constructed from start to finish by the Chinese,Governor of Anambra State,Chief Willie Obiano,has sealed another business deal with the Golden Tulip Hotel Group,which is the third largest hospitality group in the world,with head offices in Switzerland.The latest agreement is over the management of the idyllic Agulu Lake Hotel Resort,which Obiano inherited from his predecessor,former Governor Peter Obi.The 100-room tourism showpiece is nestled in the verdant green slopes beside the famous Agulu Lake in Aniocha Local Government Area of the state.The agreement signing,which took place on the foregrounds of the hotel in Agulu,symbolised two important developments in Anambra State.In the first instance,it marked the entry of a major multinational player into the tourism and hospitality industry in the state and served  as a signpost to the growing confidence of foreign investors in its local economy.Its second significance was that it left no one in doubt that Anambra's rating as Nigeria's safest state was not empty sloganeering.These two perspectives tell a compelling story of the emerging Anambra.Coming on the heels of the recent entry of the Chinese with an airport city project that promises to dwarf anything of its kind in all of West Africa,Anambra's intention of becoming a new,important destination in Nigeria is no longer in doubt.Speaking at the handover and agreement signing ceremony in Agulu on tuesday,the Governor applauded the arrival of the Golden Tulip Group as an important development in the history of the state.More photos below.
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