@addisstandardeng · Post #21606 · 03/04/2026, 09:55 AM
Four children killed in #Djibouti 'drone strike' explosion: official, NGO Four children were killed in southern Djibouti in an explosion, authorities said late Tuesday, with a human rights group saying it was a drone strike. The children died in an explosion in the #Dhikil region in #Afar, public prosecutor Hassan Mohamed Hassan said in a statement, calling it a tragic event. Afar's community feels marginalised by President Ismail Omar #Guelleh, a member of the majority Issa community, who has ruled the country with an iron fist since 1999. "Two children, aged six and seven (a girl and a boy), were killed at the scene, and on Tuesday two others succumbed to their injuries due to a lack of evacuation and medical care," the Djiboutian League for Human Rights (#LDDH) said in a press release. The LDDH said the children were tending livestock when the incident took place and that.... https://web.facebook.com/AddisstandardEng/posts/pfbid037tZUcL1PYTnwEdFMBf2aLFw9oqiCJtFEgDvXKgddZQQa2CBTDdSTm1p2pcNcTkj9l