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Their overland routes to safety blocked off, several thousand people have boarded boats to escape gunfire, bombing and a dire humanitarian situation Abubaker Saeed was fishing in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast last month when he noticed…
At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank on its way from Djibouti to Yemen on the night between October 8 and 9. The International Organization for Migration said most of the…
At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died and 84 remain missing after a migrant boat capsized.
The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 350 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night.
The UN migration agency has reported that at least 109 people were killed and 116 remain missing after a migrant boat sank overnight on its way to Yemen. At least 80 Ethiopians survived the incident but 15 children died.
Search and rescue operations conducted after vessel carrying more than 300 people capsizes near Guhere.
More than 116 others still missing from vessel that was heading to Yemen with 350 people onboard, UN agency says At least 109 people, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying 350 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti,…
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and 116 went missing after a boat carrying 350 people capsized off Djibouti en route to Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration said on Sunday.
Saudi authorities yet to confirm strike as government-allied forces in Yemen claim successful offensive to retake Bab al-Mandab strait Yemen’s Houthis have launched a missile attack on Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia, with…
Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Yemeni government forces are trying to take back from the Houthis, is located not far from Djibouti and other African states.
With 3,700 fleeing to Djibouti amid Houthi clashes, the UN warns three in four families in parts of Yemen face hunger.
The latest escalation in the Middle East is taking place just a few kilometers off the coast of Africa, at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Djibouti and its neighbors are particularly exposed.
Operation supported by 100 fighter jets said to have secured ‘air protection’ of Bab al-Mandab strait and destroyed hundreds of targets Leaders of a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen claimed a broad air campaign involving 100 jet aircraft was…
Houthi-run media deny the government has made advances in the Dhubab area, which overlooks the strategic Red Sea waterway.
After contagion in the Arabian Peninsula, should the entire Horn of Africa fear a domino effect? Just as Donald Trump’s decision to invade Iran drew the Saudis back to Yemen: did threats over the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb light the fuse in…
Djibouti urges world to help as Yemen war drives refugee influx
The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.
Djibouti’s Minister of Social Affairs and Solidarity, Ouloufa Ismail Abdo, appeals for aid for Yemeni refugees
The BBC's Frank Gardner explains why the narrow waterway is key to oil transportation and the world economy.
Renewed fighting could drive 10,000 across the Red Sea and displace more than 230,000 internally, UNHCR says.
The BBC's Frank Gardner speaks to some of those who have fled the war by crossing the Red Sea to Djibouti.
Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.