The Somali community in Yemen has expressed mounting concern for the fate of its fellow citizens following reports in the past few days that up to five had been killed by smugglers while trying to cross the Gulf of Aden and one shot dead by Yemeni authorities a day earlier. “We have been very worried about the deaths of five people in the Gulf of Aden last week. Those responsible for their deaths are of course the smugglers. It was a tragedy, indeed, when we heard about their deaths. But we really don’t know who they are, whether they are Somalis or Ethiopians,” said Mohammed Ali Hersi, head of the Somali community in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital. Full Story
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