UNICEF WARNS ABOUT ESCALATING CRISIS IN EASTERN CONGO, URGES GLOBAL ACTION. (PHOTO).

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 UNICEF warns about escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urges global action UNICEF has urged the international community not to remain indifferent to the worsening situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between government forces and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group continues to endanger millions. Spokesperson James Elder emphasized to Anadolu that the crisis will deepen unless addressed through political engagement and financial support. Elder, who recently spent one week in Goma, in the east of that country, described the region as facing a near ā€œdisasterā€ due to the Mpox virus outbreak combined with violence. ā€œUNICEF and partners were rushing to support across the region to ensure it just did not spread further. That means building up health systems, vaccines going to very remote areas,ā€ he said. ā€œThen all of a sudden in late January, conflict broke out. Thousands of people killed, hundreds of thousands of people displaced, hundreds of ...

BUHARI APPROVES CONVERSION OF 4 STADIUMS, NYSC CAMPS TO ISOLATION CENTRES.{PHOTO}.

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     As Nigeria continues to fight the spread of Coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved that all National Youth Service Corps, NYSC camps nationwide be used as isolation centres.
Buhari also approved that four stadiums in the country be used as isolation centres in order to fight against COVID-19 in the country.
The four stadiums located at Surulere, Ibadan, Abuja and Kaduna will henceforth be used as isolation centres.
Minister for Youth and Sport, Sunday Dare disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter page.
The post read: ā€œMr. President has approved for the Ministry of Youth and Sports to open and make available the stadiums in Surulere Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja and Kaduna as well as our NYSC camps nationwide for use as isolation centers as they are needed.
ā€œ We are in touch with relevant authorities.ā€
Nigeria has recorded 65 cases of COVID-19 as the government takes all measures to curb the further spread of the deadly virus.

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