African migrants among 20 civilians killed in attacks on Yemen within a week - U.N.

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian migrants are pictured on a street in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - African migrants were among at least 20 civilians killed this week in two attacks on a market in northern Yemen where migrants are known to congregate as they make their way to wealthy Gulf states in search of a better life, the United Nations said.

The U.N. statement, issued on Thursday, did not specify the type of attacks on Al-Raqw market in Saada province, near the Saudi border, or say who was responsible, but said many of those killed or wounded were Ethiopians.