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Palmerston North candidate Ankit Bansal has claims he didn't know of the conviction.

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Igboho, has launched the Iru Ekun Security Network in Ibadan, with no fewer than 20,000 volunteers joining in Oyo State. Read More: https://punchng.com/20000-volunteers-join-igboho-security-outfit-in-oyo/

October is Health Literacy Month, and a recent study shows that a third of adults struggle with basic everyday health tasks. Nana-Sentuo Bonsu introduces us to a volunteer group helping adults better navigate their health.

Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli outlined plans to shift volunteerism away from one-off contributions toward sustained relationships and community leadership.

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Palestinian farmers are still being blocked from accessing their olive groves by Israeli settlers and the military

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A US Democratic party congressional candidate has been detained in the occupied-West Bank by Israeli forces, rights groups have said.

Mr. Lander, a Democratic congressional nominee from New York, had been helping Palestinian farmers. He said he was released after about three hours, but that other volunteers were still in custody.

<p>About 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers held near Nahalin in West Bank and taken to police station</p><p>The Israeli military has detained about 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers helping Palestinians harvest olives near Bethlehem, including the New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, several rabbis and Israel’s former deputy attorne

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