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Yemen: Escalation of armed clashes in Aden
Fighting in Aden between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Aden-based Government of Yemen has continued into the third day. After a night of heavy shelling, some normalcy returned on 30 January to Khor Maksar area, where the…
Yemenis displaced by fresh violence face bleak winter
ADEN, Yemen – Having endured almost three years of conflict in Yemen’s Red Sea governorate of Al Hudaydah, the Saad* family were finally forced to flee their home after fresh fighting that swept the area in recent weeks destroyed their…
Yemen: ‘Heart-breaking’ mass drowning a symptom of devastating conflict and humanitarian crisis
Responding to reports that at least 30 Somali and Ethiopian refugees and migrants drowned after leaving the coast of south-western Yemen to flee back to Africa, Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty…
UN: Yemen 2018, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world”
We will witness the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, and unless the world moves to stop the war in Yemen, the disastrous humanitarian situation is likely to deteriorate further,” UN said during 2018.
UN gave to the international…
IFRC warns over escalation of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Francesco Rocca has warned against escalation of humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
The prevalence of contagious diseases and food shortage have put many…
UN: Yemen’s humanitarian response plan for 2018 needs $3 billion
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and the United Nations Resident Representative in Yemen, Jimmy McGoldrick, launched on Sunday the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen in 2018.
McGoldrick told a news conference that the UN…
3 Million children born into war in Yemen
More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015 according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty,…
Diphtheria Outbreak Worsens Amid Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
International aid agencies published a joint statement on Tuesday (January 16), calling for the Yemeni port of Hudaydah to remain open past Friday, the end of a 30-day concession period to a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led military…
UNICEF: Over 5,000 kids killed by Saudi war on Yemen
Over 5,000 children have been killed by Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen since it began in March 2015, says a report by the UN children’s agency.
The report published by UNICEF on Tuesday, noted that the Saudi war had killed “an average of…
U.N. hopes imports will help stave off famine in Yemen as diphtheria spreads
United Nations aid agencies called on Tuesday for the Yemeni port of Hodeidah to remain open beyond Friday, the date set by a Saudi-led military coalition, to permit continued delivery of life-saving goods.
Yemen is the world’s worst…