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 tuesday it was reported that The Queen of England has sent a message of condolence to the President of Turkey,following the attack in Istanbul on New Year's day.''Our thoughts are with the familes of the victims and the wounded,and with the Turkish people at this time''.She further said ''Prince Philip and I were saddened to learn of the terrible attack in Istanbul on New Year's Day.Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the wounded,and with the Turkish people at this time''.Isis is claiming the responsibility for the New Year's attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub that left 39 people dead,but authorities are still scrambling to find the killer.More photos below.
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