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...

MALI'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES RELEASE FROM PRISON. (PHOTO).



 Mali's former prime minister announces release from prison


Former Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara has called for national unity, reconciliation and empathy after completing a one-year prison sentence. In his first public message following his release, Mara urged Malians to forgive one another and expressed concern over the disappearance of his lawyer, as uncertainty remains over his political future.


Former Prime Minister Moussa Mara was released on Saturday, August 1, after serving a one-year prison sentence for expressing support on social media for detained opposition politicians.


His release was warmly welcomed by relatives, political figures and supporters, who gathered at his family home in Bamako's Commune 4 district to celebrate his return.


Call for reconciliation

In a video posted on Facebook a day after his release, Mara appealed for unity and national reconciliation, urging Malians to show greater compassion toward one another, Africanews reported.


"I pray to the Lord to grant us more humanity and more empathy towards one another, so that we can achieve true unity and genuine reconciliation," he said.


He also stressed the importance of truth in rebuilding the country, adding: "I forgive, and forgive me."

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