82 Rescued Chibok Girls: UNHCR hails Nigerian government
10 May 2017 |
2:30 pm
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, on Wednesday, commended the Nigerian government over the rescue of the 82 adopted Chibok schoolgirls.
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