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Gaza siege robbing children of their education

The number of students enrolling in Gaza schools has significantly declined from the percentage of which enrolled in the previous years. Gaza which has in recent history had much success in education – despite the 11 year ongoing seige –…

Yemen Once Again Under Saudi Bombs: 22 August Monitor

During the past 24 hours, the Saudi-led coalition continued its raids on a number of Yemeni provinces. In Saada, bordering Saudi Arabia, two children and a women were killed while another four  women were wounded in an airstrike on a house…

The political determinants of the cholera outbreak in Yemen

At the end of June, 2017, UNICEF and WHO released a statement declaring that Yemen is “facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world”.1 The statement points out that the outbreak is caused by the civil war that began in 2015, but it does…

More Than 500,000 Infected With Cholera in Yemen

Civilization of Development and Freedoms Cholera is a endemic disease in Yemen, located on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula and across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia. But the disease, caused by bacteria in contaminated water, has…

Meningitis Now Spreading in Yemen: United Nations

The United Nations says meningitis is spreading in Yemen as well as the cholera epidemic after the health system and water supply networks massively collapsed.  “Over the past two weeks, in addition to the cholera epidemic, we have been…

80% of Yemen Children in Need of Immediate Aid: UN

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A combination of war, cholera and hunger behind 80 percent of Yemeni children is in dire need of aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday. "About 80 percent of Yemen's children need immediate humanitarian…