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Who Was the Las Vegas Shooter ?

Las Vegas police have identified Stephen Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Nigerian Educator honoured at 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony

The UN Refugee Agency, on October 2, UNHCR today honoured Zannah Mustapha with the 2017 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony in Geneva for founding a school in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.

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WFP Cuts Food Rations For Refugees In Kenya Amidst Funding Shortfalls

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations by 30 percent for the 420,000 refugees in living in Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya due to insufficient funding.

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UNICEF appeals for US$76.1 million to assist children affected by the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

UNICEF is launching a US$76.1 million appeal for its emergency humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh.

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