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...

WAPA TEAM VISITS LAGOS FIRST LADY TODAY.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Management team of Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs And Poverty Alleviation led by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs.Yewande Falugba has paid a courtesy visit to the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the Lagos House, Alausa Ikeja.
In her remarks during the visit, the Permanent Secretary expressed the team’s delight in meeting with the First Lady of Lagos to discuss issues relating to the female gender with particular reference to empowerment and poverty eradication.
Falugba noted that the various Skill Acquisition programmes and the Agricultural empowerment programme embarked by the State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation have, over the years improved the lot of women in the Rural, Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of the State.
On domestic violence, she said that the “He for She” programme of the Ministry is designed to involve men in the campaign against domestic violence, adding that there is a need for every Lagosian to support the state government in its campaign on violence against women.
Responding, Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu appreciated the team for the visit and commended the Ministry for all its laudable programmes, especially those aimed at women, children and victims of domestic violence.
She pledged her continued support for widows and victims of domestic violence in the State, stressing that women are the pillar of every home and should be accorded more respect in the society.The First Lady, however, emphasised the need for women to learn and re-learn various skills that will not only empower them but make them financially independent as well.
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