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French soldiers accused of raping CAR children

April 30, 2015 by Nasheman

Prosecutors investigate accusations that troops in Central African Republic abused children they were sent to protect.

A UN report detailed interviews with six children, aged eight to 15, who approached the French soldiers to ask for food [EPA]

A UN report detailed interviews with six children, aged eight to 15, who approached the French soldiers to ask for food [EPA]

by Al Jazeera

France is investigating allegations that its peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic after a leaked UN report said victims as young as eight were raped in exchange for food and money.

The French government “was made aware at the end of July 2014 by the UN’s high commissioner for human rights of accusations by children that they had been sexually abused by French soldiers”, the defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

An investigation was opened shortly after by Paris prosecutors, it said.

The defence ministry vowed to take measures to ensure that “the truth be found” and said “the strongest penalties” would be imposed on those found responsible.

The abuse was alleged by around 10 children, the ministry said, and reportedly took place at a centre for displaced people near the airport of the capital Bangui between December 2013 and June 2014.

UN spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed that UN rights investigators had conducted a probe last year following “serious allegations” of child abuse and sexual exploitation by French troops, and had suspended a staff member for leaking the report in July.

The report was given to Britain’s The Guardian newspaper by the US-based advocacy group AIDS-Free World, which is calling for a commission of inquiry to be set up on sexual misconduct by peacekeepers.

Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays, reporting from the UN headquarters in New York, said that even though the French military said an investigation was under way on their behalf, the incident is potentially embarrassing for the UN.

“Until now, the one person who has been punished for anything is that UN human rights official who raised the alarm,” he said.

Children searching for food

Paula Donovan, co-director of AIDS-Free World, said the report detailed interviews with six children, aged eight to 15, who approached the French soldiers to ask for food.

“The children were saying that they were hungry and they thought that they could get some food from the soldiers. The answer was ‘if you do this, then I will give you food’,” Donovan told AFP news agency.

“Different kids used different language.”

The report by the UN human rights office was commissioned amid fears of sexual abuse against children last year as tens of thousands were displaced by fighting and unrest in the country.

The UN employee accused of the leak, Swedish national Anders Kompass, is based in Geneva and turned the report over to French authorities because his bosses had failed to take action, The Guardian reported.

He has been suspended and faces dismissal for breaching protocol, the paper said.

But UN officials said Kompass passed on the confidential document before it was presented to senior officials in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, suggesting that senior UN officials were not even aware of the report’s findings when it was leaked.

“This constitutes a serious breach of protocol, which, as is well known to all OHCHR officials, requires redaction of any information that could endanger victims, witnesses and investigators,” said Haq.

While the UN did not identify the source of the leak, it asserted that “such conduct does not constitute whistleblowing”.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Central African Republic, Children, France, Sexual Abuse

IPL: AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan lift RCB to 200

April 30, 2015 by Nasheman

Sarfaraz Khan

Bengaluru: A half-century by old faithful AB de Villiers, followed by a cameo by 17-year old fresh face from Mumbai Sarfaraz Khan, carried Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to 200 for seven against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday.

The efforts of South African ace de Villiers (57, 45b, 9×4, 1×6) and Khan (45 not out, 21b, 6×4, 1×6) made up for the early exits of in-form openers Chris Gayle (10) and skipper Virat Kohli (1) as Rajasthan Royals bowlers wilted under pressure, leaking 70 runs in the last five overs.

Barring Kiwi paceman Tim Southee (2 for 32), the rest of visiting bowlers appeared quite pedestrian with leg-spinner Pravin Tambe slammed for 39 runs in his three overs and left-arm seamer James Faulkner going for 26 in two.

The RCB innings was off to a sensational start with Southee dismissing openers Chris Gayle (10) and Kohli (1) in the space of eight deliveries to leave the hosts teetering on 19 for two in the third over.

Gayle blasted a four and a six off Southee who, however, sent back the big Jamaican, playing across and holing out to Hooda at mid-wicket, all this action in the first four deliveries of the match.

Southee, in his next over, inducted a nick from Kohli who was caught behind.

The early reverses did not stop de Villiers from blasting away with Mandeep Singh following suit.

So much so, Faulkner went for 14 in his first over and Tambe leaked 15 as RCB batsmen raised a gallop.

Mandeep and de Villiers put on 74 runs for the third wicket in quick time. However, Rajasthan bounced back with Stuart Binny trapping Mandeep plumb in front and then de Villiers run out attempting a sharp single as RCB slid to 124 for four in the 14th over.

Thereafter, Karthik and Khan maintain the momentum before the former was run out following a misunderstanding.

However, Khan continued his merry way, carting Tambe for 18 in the 18th over as the leg-spinner conceded 39 runs in his three overs for a disappointing performance.

(IANS)

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: AB de Villiers, Cricket, IPL, IPL 2015, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sarfaraz Khan

Rahul Gandhi begins sanvad padyatra; meets Maharashtra farmers

April 30, 2015 by Nasheman

rahul-padyatra

Amravati: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Thursday began a 15-km day-long padyatra in Amravati district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, during which he is meeting the families of farmers who committed suicide.

Rahul, who reached Nagpur last night, left this morning for village Gunji to begin the foot march dubbed as ‘sanvad padyatra’.

On the way to Gunji, people were seen lined up on roads at Kondhali and Talegaon villages to greet the Congress leader.

Rahul stopped at Talegaon for some time, before proceeding to Gunji.

Rahul spoke to the people who greeted him and sought to know their problems and the issues affecting them.

He will be visiting five villages between Gunji to Ramgaon and will meet the farmers who have suffered crop losses due to unseasonal rain. He is accompanied by MPCC president Ashok Chavan and senior state Congress leaders.

Maharashtra is one of the states that experienced severe agrarian crisis and Amravati division in Vidarbha region has witnessed many suicide cases of farmers this year.

Ahead of his visit, a farmer, Gajanan Sheshrao Khongal, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in Morshi tehsil of the district on Tuesday.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Farmer Suicide, Farmers, Maharashtra, Padyatra, Rahul Gandhi

Chandigarh: Girl dies after jumping off bus to avoid molesters

April 30, 2015 by Nasheman

Chandigarh Girl dies after jumping off bus to avoid molesters

Chandigarh: A 13-year-old girl died and her mother was seriously injured when they had to jump out of a moving private bus to avoid molestation by some youth along with the bus conductor near Punjab’s Moga town, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday evening.

The girl was declared brought dead by doctors. The mother was admitted to a government hospital in Moga.

The bus was impounded.

“We are investigating the matter and trying to nab the accused. The bus has been impounded,” a police officer told media on Wednesday night.

Eyewitness account of passengers on the bus indicated that the mother and daughter were subjected to molestation and lewd remarks by some youth and the bus staff after they boarded it.

When both of them, travelling with a boy, tried to get off the bus, the driver increased the speed.
“No one in the bus came to the rescue of the victims. There were not many passengers in the bus when the incident happened,” an eyewitness told police.

The Punjab Police registered a case.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Chandigarh, Punjab, Rape

Nepal quake: Man pulled alive from rubble after 80 hours

April 30, 2015 by Nasheman

nepal

Kathmandu: A Nepali-French search and rescue team pulled a 28-year-old man, Rishi Khanal, from a collapsed apartment block in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu after he had spent around 80 hours in a room with three dead bodies.

Khanal appeared to have had no access to food or water during his ordeal, which began at midday on Saturday when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, destroying buildings and killing at least 4,600 people.

“It seems he survived by sheer willpower,” said Akhilesh Shrestha, a doctor who treated him.

Khanal had been on the second floor of a seven-storey building when the quake struck. The top floors were intact and the teams drilled down to him after he shouted for help and responded to questions in Nepali.

The rescue took five hours.

Khanal had just finished lunch at a hotel in Kathmandu and had gone up to the second floor when everything suddenly started to move and fall apart. He was struck by falling masonry and trapped with his foot crushed under rubble.

“I had some hope but by yesterday I’d given up. My nails went all white and my lips cracked … I was sure no one was coming for me. I was certain I was going to die,” he told The Associated Press from his hospital bed on Wednesday, surrounded by his family.

“There was no sound going out, or coming in. I kept banging against the rubble and finally someone responded and came to help. I hadn’t eaten or had anything to drink so I drank my own urine.”

It was not clear if he was a hotel employee or a guest.

“It feels good. I am thankful,” he said. He was taken away for surgery before more details could be obtained.

More than 5,000 people are known to have died and over 10,000 injured in the Nepal earthquake. There were also deaths in India, Tibet and Bangladesh.

(Reuters)

Filed Under: News & Politics Tagged With: Earthquake, India, Kathmandu, Nepal

Movie Review: While We're Young

April 29, 2015 by Shaheen Raaj

While We're Young

Producer: Scott Rudin & Noah Baumbach
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Charles Grodin, Amanda Seyfried, Brady Corbet, Ryan Serhant, Maria Dizzia, Adam Horovitz, Ad Rock, Adam Senn, Dree Hemingway, James Saito, Matthew Maher, Wyatt Ralff, Greta Lee, Jesse Eisenberg & Peter Yarrow
Genre: Comedy Drama
Verdict: Good

Director Noah Baumbach happens to be an artistic director considering his past repertoire of films like Kick And Screaming, Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg, The Squid And The Whale, Frances Ha and now While We’re Young which takes a pot shot at the American documentary filmmaker. Incidentally speaking Noah mostly deals with a message oriented subtle & satirical comedy.

Plot: Josh (Ben Stiller) & Cornelia (Naomi Watts), happens to be a childless New York married couple in their mid – forties. As their other friends all start having children, the couple gravitates towards a young hipster couple named Jamie (Adam Driver) & Darby (Amanda Seyfried). He’s an aspiring documentary filmmaker, a vocation Josh already has. Soon the older couple begins enjoying the energy they feel hanging out with the younger generation, but eventually Josh begins to suspect his new best friend might not be as straightforward and trustworthy as he thought.

Aces: It is a beautiful & thought provoking film about the generational conflict with superlative performances by its lead cast.

Minuses: Mainly Noah Baumbach’s unclear directional skills, besides the pace of the movie is too slow.

Last Word: An intellectually supercharged entertainment worth watching at least once.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Charles Grodin, Film, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Review, Naomi Watts, While We're Young

Southern Movies Round Up

April 29, 2015 by Shaheen Raaj

Uttama Villain

As compared to films produced in Bollywoodian & Hollywoodian Cinema arena, South Indian Cinema is rapidly & regylaerly progressing by churning out its own brand of gems of milestone movies in all the 4 languages namely Kannada, Malyalam, Telugu & Tamil. In an exclusive Nasheman.In, Shaheen Raaj will present a sneak preview of the productional happenings of Southern Cinema every fortnight. Time to stay tuned in.

Kamal Hassan’ Film ‘Uttama Villain’ In Legal Hassles

Kamal Hassan’s ‘Uttama Villain’ was all set to release in 1st May 2015. Kamal Haasan’s ambitious project ‘Uttama Villain’, directed by his actor friend Ramesh Aravind, was slated for a release on 1st May, 2015. In fact the producers had planned a big release in Tamil & Telugu. Now a production company named ‘Thangam Cinemas’ has approached court claiming that Thirupathi Brothers banner, which produced the film, owe them Rs. 2 crores and asked the court to not allow the film’s release till the amount is settled. However, Thirupathi Brothers agreed to pay Rs.1 crore and said that they will pay the balance amount after the release. The court has adjourned the case and the film will release as planned, if the issue is settled.

Shruti Haasan Stuck In Legal Hassles Due To Her Controversial Item Dance

Shruti Haasan of late is also stuck In Legal hassles due to her controversial item dance. It is nobody’s secret that Shruti Haasan walked out of the Karthi-Nagarjuna bilingual flick and producer Picture House Media proceeded legally seeking a ban on the actress from signing any other film. The issue was then solved amicably after the intervention of the chiefs of the Producers Council and Nadigar Sangam. In a latest twist Shruti Haasan has agreed to do an item number in the film ‘Inji Iduppazhagi’ starring Arya & Anushka, which is produced by Picture House Productions. This is a clear indication that all is well with Shruti and her controversy with the producers.

The shooting of ‘Mellisai’ Complete

The shooting of ‘Mellisai’ has been completed recently. In fact the shooting of Vijay Sethupathi starrer ‘Mellisai’ is over and post production works are going on in full swing. Plans are also on to launch the film’s audio, composed by Sam C. S., soon. The movie, directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi, is tipped to be a musical thriller. Gayathri of ‘Naduvula Konjam Pakkathai Kaanom’ fame is the heroine, while cinematography is by Dinesh Krishnan.

Vijay Sethupathi, it is said, has tried his hands at a totally different genre in ‘Mellisai’. Meanwhile, his ‘Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai’ directed by S. P. Jhananathan, is getting ready to hit the screens on 15th May, 2015.

Vishnu Vishal Back In Action

Vishnu Vishal Back In Action. Vishnu Vishal has been lying low after giving the super hit ‘Mudasupatti’ and the acclaimed ‘Jeeva’  due to an injury while fielding for the Chennai Rhinos team during a Criket Club League match. The actor has ‘Idam Porul Yaeval’ & ‘Indru Netru Naalai’ ready for release. Vishnu has signed his next film titled ‘Veera Dheera Sooran’ directed by Shankar Dhayal of ‘Saguni’ fame in which his love interest will be played by Catherine Tresa who starred with Karthi in ‘Madras’ and is currently the 2nd heroine of Suriya in ‘24’.  ‘Veera Dheera Sooran’ is in the science fiction genre and formerly had Suseenthiran attached as director.

Venkat Prabhu’s Heroine To Quit Acting

Venkat Prabhu’s Heroine To Quit Acting. Director Venkat Prabhu’s 1st film as director was the cult hit ‘Chennai 600028’ which had Vijayalakshmi as heroine and the actress went on to do memorable roles in films like Mysskin’s ‘Anjathey’. And now Vijayalakshmi has decided to quit acting and take up film production and with this in mind has started a new company called TEA TIME TALKS. The 1st film under the new banner is likely to begin shooting in Jun, 2015 and an official announcement is expected shortly.

Sudheer Varma Gets A Big Offer

Nagarjuna seems to have been very impressed with the working style of Sudheer Varma. Sudheer averred that after watching ‘Dohchay’, Nagarjuna appreciated him well and asked to prepare a stylish action entertainer subject for him. He said that he will prepare a subject and will narrate the line to Nagarjuna shortly. Hope the film materializes soon. Sudheer Varma further stated that Nagarjuna liked the way he presented Chaitanya and enjoyed the hilarious last 30 minutes. ‘Dohchay’ was released recently. Kriti Sanon romanced Naga Chaitanya in this film.

Allu Arjun’s Next In May 2015

Allu Arjun’s next film to roll In May, 2015. Allu Arjun is very happy with the collections of ‘S/o Satyamurthy’ and the Stylish Star is going to start his next soon, toi be precise in May, 2015. He will be working with Boyapati Srinu and the film will start in the 2nd week of May. This film will be produced under Geetha Arts banner by Allu Aravind and it is going to be a love story with commercial elements. Allu Arjun is going to sport a new look in this movie. ‘Jadoogadu’ fame Sonarika is being considered as the lead actress in this movie. Thaman is the music director.

Sudeep Not To Work With Samantha

Speculations have been rife for a few days now that young actor Sundeep Kishan is going to work with Samantha soon and gossip mongers were also abuzz with rumors that V. V. Vinayak will direct this film, which will be produced by Sundeep’s uncle Chota K Naidu. But of late Sundeep Kishan clarified that the news is false, but he would love to work with both of them. Sundeep took to his twitter handle and wrote : “There is no truth to the rumours about me doing a Film With Vinayak Garu & Samantha,as much as I would love to its not true..just clarifying”. Sundeep Kishan’s ‘Tiger’, which also stars his good friend Rahul Ravindran in a key role, is expected to hit the theatres soon.

Mohanlal To Join ‘Bharatratna’ Team In May 2015

Mohanlal is all set to join ‘Bharatratna’ team in May 2015. Mohanlal is currently shooting for Ranjith’s ‘Loham’ which features Andrea Jeremiah opposite him. He will essay the role of a Taxi driver in the movie. Soon after completing the movie he will join ‘Bharatratna’ team. The movie is being directed Anil who made his debut with the Mohanlal movie ‘Douthyam’.

Anil has also directed Mohanlal in movies like ‘Adiverukal’ & ‘Sooryagayathri’. His last directorial venture was the Suresh Gopi starrer ‘Gangotri’. Another movie titled ‘Manasu Muthal Manasu Vare’ starring Nishant, Sreevidya & Lena has not been completed. ‘Bharatratna’ is scheduled to begin by 15th May, 2015 at Hyderabad.

Prithviraj & Mohanlal In Padmakumar’s next

Prithviraj & Mohanlal in Padmakumar’s next. 2 of Mollywood’s top actors are gearing up to share screen. Prithviraj & Mohanlal are yet to play the lead in ace director Padmakumar’s next. The movie has been titled ‘Kanal’. Both Mohanlal & Prithviraj had been part of Padmakumar’s previous movies.

The script of ‘Kanal’ is by Suresh Babu, who had earlier scripted the Padmakumar-Mohanlal movie ‘Shikkar’. ‘Kanal’ is reportedly a revenge drama with a tagline ‘Every end is a new beginning’. The movie is all about to strangers with revenge in their minds meeting at Dubai. Prithviraj & Mohanlal will share screen for another movie, to be directed by Priyadarshan. This movie is touted to be a political thriller.

The Malashri vs Vijay Battle Is On

The Malashri vs Vijay battle is on. This week is a battle of one action hero & action heroine on silver screen in Kannada. Malashri in ‘Maha Kaali’ & Dhuniya Vijay in ‘Daksha’ have put down nearly 100 plus opponents. Malashri uses her muscle power while Vijay uses his muscle power and machine gun power. Malashri fights against local detractors while Vijay takes on terrorists. In ‘Maha Kaali’ Malashri after a fierce attack on wrong doers in the society receive a lethal blow on her head from Home Minister team in the film. She is thrown in a far off place. She gets from this place with blessings of goddess Maha Kaali. The action heroine who was trashing villains like a ‘Dhobi’ a washer man, she gets the goddess Trishul for utltimate round of action.

‘Akshate’ Starts

The Kannada film ‘Akshate’ gets kickstarted. At the Freedom Park in Bengaluru the Kannada film ‘Akshate’ starring Raaj, Karthik & Mythria Gowda was flagged off by crazy star V Ravichandran. Actress Mythria Gowda wanted the real life ‘Akshate’ on her from a political family but she was discarded. This ‘Akshate’ is said to be having shades of recently dead IAS officer DK Ravi real life. Raju Devasandra is taking on debut direction for his story, screenplay & dialogues. He has been assistant director for a long time. He wanted to keep the title ‘Madhuve’ (marriage) for his film. Already a film in that name has come in Kannada compelled him to select ‘Akshate’.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Film, Movie, SOUTH INDIA

AIADMK, DMK MPs unite to oppose Karnataka members on Cauvery issue

April 29, 2015 by Nasheman

CAUVERY

New Delhi/Bengaluru: An unusual bonhomie was witnessed in Rajya Sabha today when members of rival Tamil Nadu parties AIADMK and DMK got together to oppose MPs from Karnataka while seeking government’s intervention in stopping construction of dams in the Cauvery river basin.

Raising the issue of construction of a reservoir by Karnataka in the Cauvery river basin during Zero Hour, S Muthukuruppam (AIADMK) urged the central government and the Ministry of Environment and Forests not to grant clearance to any such project.

The AIADMK member also demanded that Karnataka government should be told to maintain status quo on the issue and not go against the directions of the Supreme Court and the Cauvery Disputes Redressal Commission.

This prompted members from Karnataka including B K Hari Prasad (Congress) to rise and raise strong objections to the AIADMK member’s plea, leading to a verbal clash.

The AIADMK member was joined by his party members as well as those of the rival DMK in putting up a strong protest against the objections raised by Karnataka members who were far outnumbered in the verbal spat.

The uproar led the Deputy Chairman P J Kurien to intervene and ask the protesting members from Karnataka to give notice to put across their point of view.

Muthukuruppam then insisted that he be given some more time to complete his mention, but the Chair refused to allow him saying his three minutes were over and he was not allowed to read out in the House as per the rules.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: AIADMK, Cauvery, DMK, Karnataka, Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu

BMTC, KSRTC buses to be off roads April 30

April 29, 2015 by Nasheman

bus-bandh

Bengaluru: A nationwide strike has been called by the Motor Transport and Engineering Workers Union and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Employees Association to protest against ammendments brought to the central government’s Road transport and Safety Bill, 2014.

The unions have, in a joint statement called the amendments anti labor and anti people. The statement said that the bus employees are opposing the amendments which stipulate jail term and sterner punishments for drivers and conductors even in case of minor accidents and other incidents.

Public transport services across the country tomorrow is expected to be non existent as they strongly believe that the new law will curtail the powers of state-owned transport corporations and will favor private bus operators.

It is reported that the striking employees of public utilities will also be protesting against the attitude of private owners in coastal districts in putting off payment of daily wages to conductors and drivers at the rate already agreed upon. The unions have extended full support to the national level strike call given by different labor unions.

BMTC and KSRTC buses too will be off the roads tomorrow inconveniencing commuters across the state. With the Federation Sr. National Athletics Championship set to take off tomorrow at Mangaluru tomorrow, 4 PM, the organizers are feeling hard pressed to ensure that it goes off smoothly.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Bandh, CITU, Karnataka

Hunger and death stalk millions in Yemen's war

April 29, 2015 by Nasheman

(Photo: UNICEF)

(Photo: UNICEF)

by Mohammed Mukhashaf and Noah Browning, Reuters

Aden/Dubai: Hospitals bereft of electricity, homes crushed by air strikes, thousands on the move in search of water, shelter and food: Yemen’s humanitarian plight, long fragile, has become disastrous after a month of all-out war.

In a reversal of a journey long undertaken by those fleeing disaster, war and famine, some Yemenis have resorted to escaping to less unstable zones in the Horn of Africa.

Hospitals in the capital Sanaa, too short of gasoline to run ambulances, blared appeals to private drivers with enough fuel to collect the dead and injured lying in the street after a big air strike on capital Sanaa last week.

The bombing of a missile depot set off a explosion which shredded dozens of homes and sent a mushroom cloud towering over the city.

Crammed with wounded people, some hospitals lacked the electricity or generator fuel to perform surgery, and aid officials say some bodies are now being stored in commercial refrigerators or hastily buried when fetid morgues lack power.

“Ambulances can’t run, there’s very little electricity and not enough fuel for generators. In a water-scarce country like Yemen, that means you can’t even pump water,” said International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali.

“It’s a catastrophe, a humanitarian catastrophe. It was difficult enough before, but now there are just no words for how bad it’s gotten,” she added.

Hundreds of Saudi-led air strikes and dozens of ground battles across Yemen have left millions in the impoverished country hungry and 150,000 fleeing for their lives.

At least 1,080 people have been killed, according to the United Nations, their bodies often crushed under bombed homes or left to fester in war zones. More than 4,000 have been wounded.

An Arab alliance’s month-long campaign against Iran-allied Houthi rebels has yet to loosen their grip over the capital Sanaa or beat back their gains in fronts across hundreds of miles in Yemen’s south.

Behind the struggle for the country’s future, average Yemenis bear the brunt of fighting. The United Nations say 12 million people are “food insecure” or going hungry, a 13 percent increase since the conflict started.

A blockade has choked off imports of food and medicines, while combat has interrupted fuel supplies to the country’s 25 million people.

The shortages have warped daily life and crippled hospitals.

Hisham Abdul Wahab, a resident of the district lashed by last week’s blast, said he tried but failed to stay on.

“Some people began returning to the neighborhood, but the strikes began again and now they’re leaving a second time. The place is devastated: there are no roads, no water and no electricity. Nobody’s left but thieves,” he said.

EXODUS

The tank and machine gun fire became too much for Samad Hussein Shihab and his family last week. He, his young children and elderly mother left their homes in the town of Houta and trekked by foot over sandy wastes to a village an hour away.

“It was the only way to protect my family. Houta is a total disaster area, with almost no civilians remaining. 3,000 families have left and they are suffering badly,” he said.

While he has now reached the relative safety of Aden and was taken in by kin, the city is itself shaken by clashes between Houthi militiamen and armed locals.

Snipers’ bullets and Katyusha rockets have rendered roads into town virtually impassable, preventing aid supplies getting in and desperate citizens from getting out.

Residents say dozens from the city have taken to rickety fishing boats seeking refuge in Somaliland and Djibouti, lands even poorer than Yemen but now more peaceful.

For those who remain, hope, along with basic staples of life, are in short supply.

“Displaced people are camped out in abandoned school grounds and people in the city are sitting through the shelling with no food and no electricity,” said local aid worker Wissam al-Hiswa.

“We are more desperate than a person sitting on a red-hot coal to get food into this city, but over the last week only 22 tons have gotten in, and we have nothing to provide,” he added.

Saudi Arabia announced last week that it would scale back its strikes and step up aid efforts, in a pause that was demanded by rights and aid groups.

The kingdom pledged $274 million to fully cover a U.N. humanitarian aid appeal for Yemen this month and has allowed aid agencies to ship hundreds of tons of medicine.

But air strikes hit a displaced persons camp, killing at least 40, and a humanitarian warehouse for aid agency Oxfam.

For many tens of thousands of people fleeing remote conflict zones, like Bakeel Saleh from the city of Dalea tucked among mountains in Yemen’s south, peace and relief look distant.

“There are no supplies or aid organizations around to help the thousands who fled the city into surrounding villages,” Saleh said.

“The main hospital and most people’s homes have been hit by the shelling. Our house was among them – it’s destroyed.” he added.

(Additional reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing By Noah Browning, Editing By William Maclean and Philippa Fletcher)

Filed Under: Muslim World Tagged With: Children, Conflict, Saudi Arabia, United States, USA, Yemen

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