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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.(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...
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PROFESSOR IMUMOLEN CALLS FOR A FLEXIBLE REGULATION OF NIGERIA'S EDUCATION SECTOR.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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PRESS RELEASE  PROFESSOR IMUMOLEN CALLS FOR A FLEXIBLE REGULATION OF NIGERIA'S EDUCATION SECTOR At the Convocation/ Matriculation ceremony of the JPTS Institute of Management, Science & Technology which took place yesterday, President of the organisation, Professor Christopher Imumolen has called on the Nigerian authorities to reduce the stiffness surrounding the regulation of the crucial sector to allow private player inject excellence Imumolen gave this advice while lamenting the lingering industrial action of the ASUU at the Digital Bridge Institute, Cappa, Oshodi Lagos, stressing that education is the fulcrum that carries national development and human capital enhancement, and that it should not be shut down as Nigeria is currently doing. Expressing delight at the  fact that the JPTS and its partnering international institutions have weathered the storm reasonably through strategic involvement and digitalisation which has offered a lease to Nigerian youths who would ha...
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