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Yemen: Crisis reaches new low, top UN officials tell Security Council
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has never been worse, with conflict escalating, famine on the horizon, the economy in tatters and COVID-19 out of control, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday as they issued a…
Forced labour, prostitution and child marriages: rescuing victims of trafficking in Malawi
Human trafficking is a problem in Malawi, with teenage boys forced to work as farm labourers, and young women to sexual exploitation in nightclubs or bars. The UN is supporting the Malawian governments to end the practice and…
Yemen’s delegate to UN: Griffiths works as British envoy, not as international mediator
Yemen’s representative to the United Nations, Umm Kulthum Baalawi, confirmed on Tuesday that the UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has worked as British envoy and not as international mediator.
Baalawi affirmed that Griffiths did not…
US coronavirus death toll tops 150,000
The United States in the past 24 hours have recorded 1,592 new deaths of corona virus, statistics show.
According to Johns Hopkins University, this is the first time that the number has exceeded 1,200 deaths since last May, nearly two…
3 people died, 4 others wounded in building collapse in Sanaa
Three people died and four others were injured on Monday after the collapse of a four-storey building on Khulan Street in Sanaa province.
The victims’ bodies were recovered from under the rubble of the collapsed house when they were…
WHO: Corona Outbreak Is The World’s Most Serious Emergency, And The Pandemic Is Accelerating
The World Health Organization confirmed, today, Monday, that it considered the pandemic of the new Corona virus, the most serious emergency declared worldwide, noting that the spread of the disease is accelerating.
“It is clear…
Report:Yemeni Historical Sites War-Torn
As Yemen struggles with a violent aggression war , Yemen’s ancient cities future is uncertain.
The aggression in Yemen has, over the last five years, already devastated dozens of historic sites listed on the World Heritage List, in…
Tourism Ministry Condemns Coalition’s Detention For Oil Derivative Ships
The Tourism Ministry condemned on Monday the US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition’s detention for oil derivative ships and preventing them from entering Hodeidah port.
In a statement, the Ministry confirmed that preventing the…
Chris Murphy: Arming Riyadh and the UAE with drones means killing more Yemenis
US Senator Chris Murphy has announced his intention to introduce a bill banning Trump from selling drones to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Murphy said in a series of tweets that completing the deal could lead to more…
UN Agencies: Food Insecurity in Yemen to Rise from 2mn to Over 3mn in Just 6 Months
United Nations agencies warn of an “alarming increase" in the number of people facing "acute food insecurity” in Yemen amid a crippling siege by the Saudi-led military coalition and the coronavirus pandemic.
The grim analysis…