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The United Nations warned Tuesday that “the risk of mass deaths from starvation … is growing” among people in conflict and drought-hit areas of the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria. Due to drought and a “severe” funding shortfall “an avoidable humanitarian crisis … is fast becoming an inevitability”, said UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards. Violent conflicts and increasing displacement …

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Military/Community Bloody Clash; the State Govt. Was Aware of the Operation Says Brigade Commander. Olabode Adaramola, Minna The Brigade Commander, 31field Artillery Brigade Minna,Niger State, Brig.Gen. Moshood Olanrewaju Jimoh has told the commission of inquiry set up by the state government to investigate the remote causes of the bloody clash between the military and some communities in Bosso local government …

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World Bank, ILO Announce New Push For Social Protection                          World leaders and heads of the World Bank Group and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are joining forces to achieve social protection for all. The new Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection  announced during the UN General Assembly week aims to help countries …

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