By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lanation
Kuwaiti NGO Al Rahma International has distributed 1,000 food parcels to Yemeni refugee families at Markazi camp, in Djibouti’s Obock region. The operation was carried out with the local association Sounaa Al Khair, according to La Nation.
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Kuwaiti NGO Al Rahma organised a medical convoy at Markazi camp, near Obock, for Yemeni refugees settled in northern Djibouti. Specialists provided consultations in several disciplines and distributed medicines and infant formula to 500 beneficiaries, according to Radio Television of Djibouti.
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The National Union of Djiboutian Women has delivered food kits to Yemeni refugee families living in Markazi, in the Obock region. This initial assistance is intended to help with meal preparation and water management, while priority needs are assessed for future interventions, according to Radio Television of Djibouti.
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Djibouti’s Interior Minister Omar Abdi Saïd called for stronger international engagement in response to worsening humanitarian needs. In Geneva, he notably referred to the arrival of Yemeni refugees in the Obock region and declining funding during the session of the UNHCR executive committee, according to La Nation.
🇩🇯 Djibouti · Source: Lanation ·
Djibouti’s National Human Rights Commission, led by Ali Soubaneh Atteyeh, visited the Markazi centre for Yemeni refugees in the Obock region. The delegation then went to the site of a deadly migrant shipwreck off Djibouti’s coast, according to the Djibouti Information Agency.
🇩🇯 Djibouti · Source: Adi ·
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Ismaili community cleans Coco Beach in TanzaniaTanzania’s Ismaili community mobilised volunteers and partner organisations to clean Coco Beach in Dar es Salaam for Global Ismaili CIVIC Day. The global programme says it has brought together more than 250,000 volunteers across 5,500 activities and supported the planting of 4.5 million trees, according to its Tanzanian officials.The week in Africa
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