SNAPSHOT: LOS ANGELES…
Los Angeles, United States…
OLYMPICS: REFUGEE TEAM TO “CHANGE PERCEPTIONS” AT RIO GAMES
In a first for an Olympic Games, the Rio Games has a team made up of 10 refugees. In recorded audio interviews, TOM ELLIS and NORMAN BRIERLEY, of Passion for Sport, speak to UNCHR’s Luiz Fernando Godinho and the team’s chef de mission, Tegla Loroupe, about the initiative…
Fulani attacks in Nigeria kill more than 1,200, investigation finds
World Watch Monitor Attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central state of Benue have claimed at least 1,269 lives, a study by Nigeria’s Premium Times magazine has shown. On 21st February, in an attack in Agatu, for instance, one of the most serious in Nigeria in recent years – over 500 villagers were reportedly massacred and over 7,000 […]