Children among 109 dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
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.
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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 pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.
Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.