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).

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 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...

CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY IS NOT ON STRIKE.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ANAMBRA STATE

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

This is to inform the general public that Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University is not on strike.

Academic activities are going on massively with the University-wide quiz which began on Tuesday 22nd February 2022 and will end on Saturday 26th February 2022. 

Parents should therefore ignore any of their wards who come home to inform them otherwise. 

The University is committed to ensuring that students graduate when they are supposed to without incurring further expenses for their parents. 

Pictures below shows students participating in the ongoing university-wide quiz across the campuses of the University. 

Signed;
Dr. Harrison Madubueze
Public Relations Officer
23/02/2022

 

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