Members representing African communities in Yemen gather in front of the office of the International Organisation for Migration in Sanaa on March 13, 2021,after last weekend's fire in a Houthi detention centre the Yemeni capital. AFP
Members representing African communities in Yemen gather in front of the office of the International Organisation for Migration in Sanaa on March 13, 2021,after last weekend's fire in a Houthi detentiShow more

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Ethiopian migrants who escaped Sanaa fire tell of Houthi coercion

Yemeni rebels threatened to press migrants into fighting the government if they did not pay for their release

Ali Mahmood

March 13, 2021

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