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...
According to sources,President Muhammadu Buhari has replied Aisha,his wife on her decision not to support him for a second term in office,saying she belongs to his kitchen.Aisha had in an interview openly questioned her husband's work and said she might not support him for a second term in office.Responding to Aisha's comments in Germany where he is on a state visit President Buhari laughed it off,saying,''I don't know which party my wife belongs to,but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room''.His comments to reporters in Germany prompted German Chancellor Angela Merkel,standing at his side,to give him a short glare and then laugh.One more photo below.
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