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 Nigerian police in Lagos paraded 42 suspects for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities in Lagos state.Among those paraded are suspected cultists arrested in various parts of the state,military impersonators,armed robbers and street urchins.They were paraded by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police,Fatai Owoseni at the State Police Command at Ikeja Lagos.Owoseni said the police have been making efforts to get rid of criminals by embarking on different strategies.He said the efforts paid off as many suspected criminals have been arrested and charged to various courts in the state.He said it was through the same efforts of the police that made the arrest of the suspects possible.He said that on 15 October,2015 a gang of armed robbers was arrested by the police at Agbati and Agodo area of Lagos following a tip off.The tip off led to the arrest of one of suspects,Lekan Jimoh who confessed and named Tayo Oyeleso as his gang member.He also said on the same month,three suspected armed robbers,Toheed Ashimiyu,Bala Mohammed and Segun Babatunde were arrested at Ashipa and Ayobo area of the state.Arms were also recovered from the suspects by the men of SARS.Etc.
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