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...
Osun chapter of Union of Teachers {NUT}in a letter sent a letter to Governor Rauf Aregbesola that gave the governor 14 days if he fails to provide their outstanding allowances,release running grants and provide instructional materials in schools or they embark on an indefinite strike.The letter was signed by the Union Chairman,Comrade Olawuyi Emmanuel,that ''In out last communique issued on 14 October 2014,jointly signed by the NUT and ANCOPSS,we requested the state government to honour and give immediate attention to following demands.We also demanded the provision of instructional materials to schools,release of current examination and previous running grants to schools,and the payment of leave grants of secondary schools teachers since December 2013.In the same communique,we could recall that the NUT humbly requested that the state government or its representative to invite the leadership of the union for a dialogue to address the issues.Unfortunately,the state government has not considered it necessary to do so,while our job as teachers in the classroom continues to suffer.In this regards,therefore,the Nigerian Union of Teachers wish to give the state government our ultimatum of 14 days to address the above issues''.More photos below. 
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