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| UN: Thousands of Somalis Flee Home from Yemen War |
| 2015-08-13 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Tens of thousands of Somali refugees have fled back home from war-torn Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... since an upsurge in fighting in March, the UN said Tuesday, adding to three million already in need. The refugees, who originally fled hunger and conflict in Somalia before being caught up in war in Yemen, have largely crossed the Gulf of Aden by boat to the Horn of Africa country's northern Somaliland and Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... regions. "Since March 2015, close to 29,000 people have arrived in Somalia from Yemen, 90 per cent of whom are Somalis with more expected to arrive in the coming months," according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). "More people fleeing the conflict in Yemen is increasing the burden on already limited basic services," OCHA said, adding that those who arrived had been helped with food and basic goods. Over 1.1 million people are already displaced across Somalia, fleeing their homes to due to conflict, drought, hunger or floods, and three million people are in need of aid, the UN said, mainly in Somalia's southern regions, where Salafist tough guys are fighting government and African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... troops. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 War! What is it good for? Absolutely noth.. Whoa! wait wait wait....the Somailis are leaving. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-08-13 18:02 |
| #1 Never understood why anyone would immigrate to yemen |
| Posted by: chris 2015-08-13 15:40 |