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The Democratic Republic of Congo security forces killed 31 armed assailants in clashes around Lubumbashi, the country's second-largest city, a human rights group said Sunday, denouncing the action as human butchery.   March 13, 2020, Moroccan soldiers from the UN mission in DRC (Monusco) ride in a vehicle as they patrol in the violence-torn Djugu territory, Ituri province, eastern DRCongo. (AFP) The NGO, Justicia, affirms that they also killed seven attackers and one police officer were also in Lubumbashi on Saturday. Meanwhile, 13 militiamen were killed in Likasi, nine in Kasumbalesa on the border with Zambia and two in Bunkeya, another town in region rich in cobalt. While denouncing what it described as an "destabilisation attempt" by the attackers, Justicia also hit out at the army for "opening fire without warning" on the militiamen who were more lightly armed, some just carrying knives. This, the group said, amounted to "human butcher...

1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits Nigeria. 3. The whole instruments of government are now mobilized to confront what has now become both a health emergency and an economic crisis. 4. Nigeria, unfortunately, confirmed its first case on 27th February 2020. Since then, we have seen the number of confirmed cases rise slowly. 5. By the morning of March 29th, 2020, the total confirmed cases within Nigeria had risen to ninety-seven. 6. Regrettably, we also had our first fatality, a former employee of PPMC, who died on 23rd March 2020. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in this very difficult time. We also pray for quick recovery for those infected and undergoing treatment. 7. As of today, COVID-19 has no cure. Scientists around the...