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 ...

BANDITS ABDUCT WOMAN,DAUGHTER AFTER DISTRIBUTING RAMADAN GIFTS TO KADUNA RESIDENTS.(PHOTO).



A philanthropist, Ramatu Abarshi, has been abducted by terrorists alongside her daughter, Amira, after distributing Ramadan gifts to local communities of Mariri town in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

According to Daily Nigeria, the bandits trailed them on Saturday noon around Kasuwan Magani in the Kachia Local Government Area, the southern part of Kaduna State.

Mrs Abarshi, a former Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, is known for philanthropic work and peace initiatives in Southern Kaduna.

When contacted, the spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, said he was unaware of the incident.

 ā€œYou know people don’t always report such incidents immediately to the police,ā€ he said.

In recent months, Kaduna has witnessed a spate of violent attacks which has led to killings and abduction of residents.
 



 

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