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...
Tomorrow friday,President Barack Obama will land in Kenya with a mission to strengthen U.S security and economic ties,but his personal connection to his father's birth place will dominate a trip that Kenyans view as a native son returning home.Obama is likely to forcus talks in Nairobi on security cooperation.He will also spend private time with his family members but will not travel to the village that is most closely associated with the family name.In a recent interview,Valerie Jarrett,a Senior aide and family friend of the Obama,said in an interview that ''Just as anybody is curious about their heritage,visiting Kenya provides him an opportunity to make that personal connection''.
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