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...
According to sources,Ozekhome a Confab delegate is requesting for the name of Nigeria to be changed to ''AREGIN'',and the National anthem to be reverted to the old one which was written by Taiwo Akinwumi,adding that the old flag that was designed with the rising sun on it should also be re-introduced against the backdrop,that it was peculiar with all parts of the country.The Senior Advocate of Nigeria who noted that when the country replaces all these,it would help wash off the image of coloial legacy.He said Nigeria was a colonial imposed name which should be changed to reflect originality.Dear Ozekhome,i respect your views and i know you are my senior in the Bar,but my belief is these,even if you change Nigeria name to Aregin,as far as there is still corruption,Aregin will still be in the same state Nigeria is now.The problem Nigeria is facing is ''Corruption Beyond Control''.
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