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...
Yesterday thursday,the Police in Edo state arrested 46 suspected cultists in Esan West Local Government Area.The Commissioner of Police in Edo state Chris Ezike who confirmed the arrest to newsmen,said it was part of the efforts by the command to maintain law and order in the state.According to the police,the suspects were arrested during a raid in Ekpoma,following recent cult clashes recorded in the town,which also hosts the Ambrose Alli Univesity.He noted thar the suspects were being screened by intelligence officers from the command.''Cultists are criminals,i will not allow them to operate in Edo state.You know there was a cult war in Ekpoma recently.So,i directed that the situation must be brought under control.And since the raid which lasted for two days,Ekpoma is now calm.We arrested 46 suspects.Pump action and AK47 rifles and ammunition were recovered from them.We are screening them''.
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