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...

RAID ON AND DISLODGING OF SECESSIONIST GROUP IN THE STATE: POLICE - LED JOINT SECURITY FORCE ARREST FOUR SUSPECTS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 RAID ON AND DISLODGING OF SECESSIONIST GROUP IN THE STATE: POLICE - LED JOINT SECURITY FORCE ARREST FOUR SUSPECTS



The Police -Led Joint Security Force in Aguata on 17/6/2024 intercepted four suspected ESN Militia in Ufuma, Orumba North, Anambra State. The arrest is following information received over time of planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group. 


Among the four suspects arrested is one Maduabuchi Nwafor A K A Omenkpo ‘M’ aged 32 years a native of Ufuma. He has been identified as one of the native doctors who prepares criminal charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and meeting points for the criminals. Also, one of the suspects' name withheld who is already assisting the police with information confessed to be one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce illegal sit-at-home on May 30th, 2024.


The Commissioner of Police *CP Nnaghe Obono Itam* orders investigations to be widened and deepened to identify hideouts of the insurgents seeking to destabilize and truncate development in the State. He assures Ndi Anambra that the Police Command under his watch will continue to serve the people selflessly and will jealously protect the sources of its information to protect informers from harm.


*SP Tochukwu Ikenga*

Police Public Relations Officer,

Anambra State Command.

Awka.


18th June, 2024

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