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...
Today wednesday,a Russian built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed today after taking off from the airport in South Sudan's capital,killing dozens of people.An official said three people on board survived.The precise death toll was not immediately clear after the Antonov-12B plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after take off,leaving chunks of wreckage,bodies and cargo strewn along a bank of a White Nile River.The Civil Aviation Authority said the number of dead was still being counted.Witnesses saw 41 bodies,some of which were covered by cloth.A police officer,who did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media,also put the death toll at 41.Three Sudananese and a child survived the crash.More photos below. 
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