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...

MOHAMMED YUNUS WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE HEAD OF BANGLADESH INTERIM GOVT.(PHOTO).


 


Bangladeshi Nobel peace prize laureate MOHAMMAD YUNUS will be sworn in as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh. 


This is according to the Army Chief of Staff WAKER-UZ-ZAMAN, who said the calls of the protesters will be respected.. 


Congratulations to Mohamed Yunus and the Bangladeshi citizens.. 


We will be profiling MOHAMMAD YUNUS after his oath of office.. 


INITIAL REPORT 


BANGLADESH PROTESTERS WANT NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MUHAMMAD YUNUS TO LEAD AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT.. 


 A key organizer of Bangladesh’s student protests Tuesday called for Nobel Peace Prize laureate MUHAMMAD YUNUS to head an interim government, a day after longtime Prime Minister SHEIKH HASINA resigned and fled the country following weeks of deadly unrest.


HASINA resigned and fled the country by helicopter to India and she will be heading to London today according to sources close to her.As protesters defied military curfew orders to march on the capital, before thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.


Her depature came after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into deadly violence, fuelling a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. The government attempted to quell demonstrations by shutting schools, imposing curfews and sending in troops to shoot tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition, leading to some 300 deaths, but those heavy-handed tactics only drove further discontent.

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