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...
Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun yesterday saturday congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari,GCFR,on his 74th birthday yesterday.In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant {Media},Mr. Adejuwon Soyinka,the Ogun State Governor joined family,friends,political associates and well wishers to celebrate the President on the occasion of his birthday,on saturday.''On this occasion of your birthday,we celebrate you and your commitment to the socio-economic and political development of our dear nation,Nigeria,'' the governor said.Governor Amosun addded that,''at 74,the President's work ethics,commitment to the Nigerian nation and style of leadership is indeed a great lesson to the younger generation''.The governor prays that Allah continues to grant the President good health,sound mind and fulfilment in his efforts to steer the ship of the Nigerian state in the right direction.
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