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Committee to break blockade denounces US blacklisting Ansarullah
The Committee to break the blockade on Yemen and lift the air embargo on Sana'a International Airport condemned on Tuesday the US decision to designate Yemeni Ansarullah movement as a terrorist organization.
In its statement,…
Food baskets for Haradh IDPs distributed
Hajjah local council and philanthropists on Tuesday distributed food baskets for the Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in al-Koziya camp in Abs district of Hajjah province.
Haradh district director Hussein Hayrani explained…
SCMCH secretary-general, UNHCR resident representative discuss actual partnership
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (SCMCH) Abdul Mohsen Tawoos discussed here on Tuesday with UNHCR Resident Representative John Nicholas aspects of cooperation and actual…
Aggression forces continue to violate Hodeida ceasefire
The aggression forces continued on Tuesday to violate the UN-ceasefire agreement ceasefire agreement in Hodeida province, a military official said on Wednesday.
The official explained the aggression forces committed 175…
Blinken pledges to review US designation of Ansarullah as terrorist group
The incoming US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has pledged to “immediately” review Washington’s designation of Yemen’s Ansarullah as a terrorist group.
He acknowledged that the decision to blacklist the group may worsen the…
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic ambush, as 2021 death toll rises to nine…
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday, bringing…
Independent panel finds critical early failings in COVID-19 response
The global system for pandemic alert and response is “not fit for purpose”, highlighting the need for a new framework in the wake of COVID-19, experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an interim report…
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the Food and Agriculture…
UN rights office ‘deeply troubled’ by Russian activist Aleksei Navalny’s arrest
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) have raised alarm over the arrest of Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny and called for his immediate release. The office said in a tweet that they were "deeply troubled" by the…
Violent attempt at US Capitol to ‘overturn’ election, shocking and incendiary: independent UN…
A group of independent UN rights experts released a statement on Monday condemning the violent storming of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC on 6 January, which they described as a shocking and incendiary attempt…