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102 Ethiopian migrants back home from Yemen: UN

The UN migration agency reported on Monday that Yemen had repatriated over 100 Ethiopian migrants who wanted to go back home. Saba al-Muallami, Yemen director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told Anadolu Agency that the agency rented an airplane for 102 migrants...

Air raids hit rebel supply lines around Yemen's Hodeida

An Arab military coalition resumed air strikes against rebel supply lines around Hodeida Sunday two days after a U.N. envoy visited the lifeline Yemeni port city, pro-government military officials said. The air strikes targeted convoys of rebel reinforcements at the northern entrance to...

Nigeria admits Boko Haram attack on army base

Nigeria has admitted the local media reports over a recent Boko Haram attack on army base that allegedly left multiple casualties in the restive northeast Borno state. A late Friday statement by the Nigerian army read that the insurgents attacked troops of 157 task force battalion but...

Riyadh says reports on torture of activists 'baseless'

Saudi Arabia on Friday denied allegations that many activists, including women, have been tortured in the Kingdom after being arbitrarily detained. "The allegations by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch about activists tortured under detention in Saudi Arabia are baseless,"...