Djibouti Continues Crackdown On Opposition

Djibouti — Djiboutian police stormed a house where members of the opposition Union for National Salvation (USN) were meeting in the Warabaley neighbourhood of Balbala on Sunday (June 2nd), arresting 13 people including USN President Ahmed Youssouf.

USN member and former Balbala District Commissioner Ali Mohamed Dato said two people were injured in the operation, which came just days after Djiboutian Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed threatened on May 29th to dissolve the USN if it does not end activities unfavourable to the government.

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