Yemen’s Houthi rebels alleged on Monday that a US airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants. The US military had no immediate comment.

Trapped between dreams of a better life and the harsh reality of war, dozens of African migrants were killed when their detention facility in northern Yemen became the latest victim of US airstrikes.

The strike in Yemen's Saada governorate, a Houthi stronghold, is the latest incident in the country's decade-long war against African migrants who risk crossing Yemen for a chance to work in Saudi Arabia.