Better Life Restoration Initiative
31 Oct
The Bauchi State government, in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Better Life Restoration Initiative (BERI), has expressed concerns over discrimination and stigmatisation of patients by medical personnel.
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The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP. "Unfortunately an explosion happened at the Ministry of Refugees and minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani has been martyred along with some of his colleagues," the official said, requesting not…
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