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Band Aid Donates £500,000 For Tigray Refugees

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date June 13, 2022

Band Aid has donated £500,000 (627,827 USD) to the UN for Ethiopian refugees displaced amid the Tigray War.

Band Aid has donated £500,000 (627,827 USD) to the UN for Ethiopian refugees amid the Tigray War. The ongoing civil war in Ethiopia, between the Tigray Defense Forces, the Ethiopian National Defense Force, and the Ethiopian Federal Police has displaced millions of people since it began in November 2020. Massive human rights abuses including deliberately […]

Tags Band Aid Charitable Trust, Dian Balde, Emma Cherniavsky, Ethiopia, tigray, tigray war, UN, UNHCR

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Angelina Jolie: American Actress, Director, and Humanitarian

Post author By admin
Post date November 27, 2013

Angelina Jolie is a name familiar to most people in the United States. An award-winning actress, director, screenwriter, and author, Jolie has been in the public limelight after her first Hollywood film, Hackers, was released in 1995. Her subsequent roles in George Wallace and Gia won her serious recognition in the acting world. Known for […]

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