YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).
Yemen fighting pushes nearly 3,000 to Djibouti in less than a week: UN Nearly 3,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in less than a week as escalating violence drives growing displacement within the country and across its borders, the UN refugee agency said Friday. “Refugees continue to arrive by boat through Obock, Khor Angar, Moulhoule and Godoria after difficult journeys in small vessels,” UNHCR representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours told reporters in Geneva, Anadolu Agency reported. More than half of those crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are women and children, while some families have been displaced for a second time after previously fleeing Yemen during the 2015 crisis and later returning. UNHCR is preparing for at least 10,000 new arrivals but warned that capacity is rapidly diminishing. Markazi refugee village, designed for 5,000 people, was already hosting more than 2,700 Yemenis and 1,500 Eritreans. More than 100,000 people have also been displaced ins...
THE POLICE ARRAIGNED A DRIVER,MR ADEWALE ADESANYA 4OYRS TODAY AT OTA MAGISTRATE COURT MOGUN ON A TWO COUNT CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AND RECKLESS DRIVING.THE ACCUSED DROVE HIS MITSUBISHI GALLANT CAR WITH LAGOS REGISTRATION NUMBER SMK 916B RECKLESSLY AND KILLED A 47YRS OLD MR SUNDAY BALOGUN.THE OTHER VICTIM MR IBRAHIM OTEFILA IS STILL RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE HOSPITAL.THE ACCUSED PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES.THE MAGISTRATE MR ADENARIWO SONEYE,GRANTED THE ACCUSED BAIL IN THE SUM OF 500,000 NAIRA WITH 2 SURETIES.THE CASE WAS ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 12 FOR MENTION.
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