REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...
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HOUSES SUBMERGED, PROPERTIES DESTROYED AS FLOOD WREAKS HAVOC IN MAKURDI.(PHOTO).

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HOUSES SUBMERGED, PROPERTIES DESTROYED AS FLOOD WREAKS HAVOC IN MAKURDI



Several homes and business places have been submerged in Makurdi, Benue state capital, following days of rainfall that have left hundreds of families displaced and property worth millions of Naira destroyed.

The daily torrential rain, which caused the flooding of several communities in the town, including the Ishaya Bakut axis, Achussa, Idye, Naka Road, Wadata rice mill, Angwan Jukun communities, among others, have forced helpless families out of their homes, while many were trapped in their residences and unable to vacate their flooded houses.

The devastation came three weeks after the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Dr. Emmanuel Shior, appealed to residents in the town and other communities on flood prone areas to vacate such areas to safer places, following earlier warning by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, of the impending flood.

Dr. Shior, who led his team to assess the damage caused by the flood blamed block water channels and drainages as well as the erection of illegal structures on water routes for largely being responsible for the disaster.

He appealed to residents to immediately embark on the clearing of blocked drainages, “while those who are living in areas that are prone to flood should immediately vacate to safer places before it is too late.

“On our part, we are doing everything within our powers to mitigate the impact. We are working together with Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs and all relevant stakeholders to share information and tips about what we should do to avert the disaster.”

He disclosed that the state government had set up a standing committee, which include SEMA, the Ministries of Environment and Water Resources, Lands and Survey, Urban Development and other stakeholders to synergise and address the issue of perennial flooding in the State.

He said his agency would seek the intervention of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development as well as National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and other relevant government agencies in order to get succour for the victims.

An occupant of some of the submerged houses on Ishaya Bakut Road, Mr. Anthony Elekpa, who narrated his ordeal said he lost most of his household property and import documents to the flood.

By Peter Duru

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