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D. The refugee vessel was hit near the Bab al-Mandeb strait which separates Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula from Africa and links the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea. Somalia is on the tip of the Horn of Africa, a peninsula that extends into the Arabian Sea. Bab al-Mandeb means “Gate of Tears” in Arabic.
C. Saudi Arabia, which is leading a U.S.-backed coalition in the war in Yemen, has U.S.-built Apache helicopter gunships. The coalition, which in general controls Yemen's airspace, has not commented on the incident.
B. The Somalis and some Yemenis on the boat were headed to the Sudan, as part of a mass migration north that has seen a flood of refugees from Africa and the Mideast heading toward Europe. Despite ongoing warfare, desperate migrants from Africa continue to travel to or through Yemen.
A. Somalia has been torn by years of civil war and an earlier famine in 2011. Yemen is embroiled in an intense battle between Sunni and Shia Muslims as well as extremist groups. South Sudan is caught in a violent power struggle between the young country's two leaders. Three states in northeastern Nigeria face famine because of violence and instability stoked by Boko Haram terrorists.