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 ...

TERRORISTS ATTACK KADUNA VILLAGE,KILL 2,ABDUCT ABOUT 50 PEOPLE.{PHOTO}.

Two peasants were killed and not fewer than 50 abducted when terrorists attacked the Unguwan Gimbiya community on. the outskirts of Kaduna. 


A clergy who craved anonymity, said: ā€ the bandits struck in the early hours of today ( Friday), invaded Ungwan Gimbiya Community of Sabo in Chikun local govt area of Kaduna state and abducted over 50 people and killed two.ā€


ā€œA total number of 13 families were visited by the bandits. The attack lasted for about 2 hours with heavy gunshots.ā€


A resident of the area has confirmed that this kidnapping was the worst in that community since the inception of that form of crime in Kaduna.


There is a mass exodus of residents of the area to safer places, even as the security agents were seen patrolling in neighbouring forests. 


Journalists await a reaction from the authorities on the development. 

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