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...

SENEGAL SUSPENDS EXTRADITION DEAL WITH FRANCE. (PHOTO).


 Senegal suspends extradition deal with France


Senegal has "decided to suspend" all extraditions to France, Dakar's justice minister said, accusing Paris of refusing to hand over two Senegalese citizens to the West African country.


The row comes after the French courts postponed a decision last month on whether to return a Senegalese press baron, and as Dakar seeks the extradition of a businessman under investigation for financial irregularities.


"We have two Senegalese nationals in France. France, up to now, has not returned them to Senegal, which has provided all the justifications and continues to request their extradition," Justice Minister Yassine Fall told parliament on Thursday, without specifying who the two people were.


As a result of France's non-cooperation, Senegal will refuse to extradite 12 people wanted by France "until France responds favourably to what we have requested", Fall said, AFP reported.


"If these people are guilty of crimes, we arrest them. We do not do as France does. We do not let them remain free," the minister added.


A French appeals court in late November asked Dakar for details on the country's request to extradite media magnate Madiambal Diagne, who fled to France in late September and is subject to a Senegalese arrest warrant over alleged financial irregularities.


Two journalists were arrested in Senegal in October after conducting separate interviews with Diagne, sparking an outcry among press groups and the political class, which called the detentions a serious attack on freedom of speech. Both were freed within the week.

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