YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).

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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...

BUHARI VS CAMERON:I AM INTERESTED IN THE RETURN OF STOLEN ASSETS HELD IN BRITISH BANKS THAN APOLOGY-BUHARI.

               President Muhammadu Buhari,said today wednesday that he will not be seeking any apology from the UK after Prime Minister David Cameron labelled Nigeria ''Fantastically corrupt''.While speaking at the anti-corruption forum in London,Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks.This came after David Cameron was recorded in a conversation with Queen Elizabeth,telling her that leaders of ''Fantastically corrupt countries'',would be attending his anti-corruption event,including Nigeria.The UK government will hot world and business leaders at the summit tomorrow thursday in London,aiming to ''galvanise a global response to tackle corruption.Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index placed Nigeria at 136th.In Buhari's speech,he described corruption as a ''hydra-headed monster which threatened the security of countries and does not differentiate between developed and developing countries''.Asked whetther his country was indeed ''fantastically corrupt'',Buhari said ''yes''.More photos below.                                                                                                                                   

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