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Beyoncé, Rihanna and Oscar Isaac Among Stars Spotlighting Conflicts in Nigeria and Nagorno-Karabakh

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While scores of major players in Hollywood keep their focus on the U.S. election, a number of celebrities are spotlighting two crises overseas: one, the armed conflict between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh; the other, protests against ongoing police brutality in Nigeria.

In Africa's most populous country, young Nigerians have been out in force, marching against police shootings in their oil-rich country in what is known as the #EndSars movement, a push to do away with the government's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).In 1992 SARS was established to fight armed robbery in the capital city of Lagos.

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