M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).

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 M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. 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". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...

SUSPEND #END-BAD-GOVERNANCE PROTESTS NOW, ADEGBORUWA TELLS YOUTHS.(PHOTO).


 Suspend #EndBadGovernance Protests Now, Adegboruwa Tells Youths


As the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests enter the second day, human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has asked youths to immediately suspend the demonstrations.


“Though the intention of the organisers was to achieve peaceful and well-coordinated protests, it would seem that fifth columnists and some angry persons infiltrated the ranks of the protesters to derail their laudable mission,” he said in a statement on Friday.


“I appeal to the protesters to withdraw themselves from their various protest grounds and to suspend the protests immediately and indefinitely, in order to give room for meaningful dialogue and engagement with the government.


“Given that the protests were said to have been hijacked by sponsored agents, it is necessary to avoid further losses and casualties.


“The organisers of the protests and their representatives should embrace dialogue with the government,” he said.


The lawyer to the Take It Back Movement, one of the groups that organised the protests, regretted some deaths and losses recorded during the demonstrations, saying it was not the goal of the protests.


He expressed his “sincere condolences to the employers and families of the security personnel and also to the protesters, praying to God to comfort them and to grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses”.


The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) had on the eve of the protests on Wednesday urged the organisers to reduce the 10-day action to one day.


He called on President Bola Tinubu to “directly address the nation and then engage the protesters, through their representatives”.


He said the government should thereafter set up a committee comprising men and women of integrity to meet with the protesters to address the issues that they have raised.

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