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...

NIGERIA FOREIGN MINISTRY APPOINTS ECOWAS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE. (PHOTO).


 Nigeria Foreign Ministry appoints ECOWAS Permanent Representative


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has presented letters of credence to five newly appointed Nigerian envoys.

The new appointees are- 

Amb. Olawale Emmanuel Awe as Nigeria's Permanent Representative to ECOWAS.

Amb. Mairo Musa Abbas as the Consul General, Guangzhou, China

Amb. N.O. Okey-Uche as Nigeria's Consul General to South Africa

Amb. Ojo Olobode Steve - Consul General to Cameroon and

Amb. Samalia Goni, the Charge D'Affaires, in Tripoli, Libya.

The Foreign Minister charged the newly appointed envoys to be professional in promoting Nigeria's interests and foreign policy objectives.

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