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Yemen Humanitarian Update

Yemen Humanitarian Update

HIGHLIGHTS Resources needed to sustain world’s largest aid operation in 2020 The food insecurity situation con…

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Houthis Blackmail WFP to Implement Experimental Stage for Delivery of Cash Aid

Houthis Blackmail WFP to Implement Experimental Stage for Delivery of Cash Aid

Houthis threatened the World Food Program to post videos that go against the UN agency, in an attempt to force it to kick off implementing the expe…

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Global rights groups condemn deadly attack on Yemen jail

Global rights groups condemn deadly attack on Yemen jail

Two international rights groups on Monday condemned an attack on a prison in Yemen’s besieged city of Taiz that left six women and a child dead.…

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Yemen: Concerns Over Inability to Face COVID-19 After First Suspected Case

Yemen: Concerns Over Inability to Face COVID-19 After First Suspected Case

Many Yemenis are now worried and scared in light of circulating reports claiming the presence of several cases of coronavirus in the country.…

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Saudi Arabia Implements Humanitarian Aid Projects in Yemen through SDRPY, KSrelief

Saudi Arabia Implements Humanitarian Aid Projects in Yemen through SDRPY, KSrelief

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) has launched two new projects in Yemen's Socotra to implement vital development…

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KSrelief Distributes 263 Food Baskets to Flood Affected People in Aden, Yemen

KSrelief Distributes 263 Food Baskets to Flood Affected People in Aden, Yemen

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), in cooperation with Al-Khair Coalition for Humanitarian Relief, distributed here today 2…

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Sudan quarantines soldiers returning from Yemen

Sudan quarantines soldiers returning from Yemen

Sudan has quarantined a number of soldiers who returned from their tour of duty in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition, in a preventive measur…

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Yemen: thousands of families displaced by floods

Yemen: thousands of families displaced by floods

At least 4,625 families have been displaced by flooding in several Yemeni governorates, AFP reported on Wednesday. According to the UNHCR, heavy ra…

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Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen

Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen

The Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen is engaging the parties on reaching agreements on a nationwide ceasefire, humanitarian and economic me…

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Yemen Takes Measures to Confront Possible Coronavirus Repercussions

Yemen Takes Measures to Confront Possible Coronavirus Repercussions

The internationally recognized government has taken several economic measures to counter the repercussions of the new coronavirus outbreak, officia…

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ACTED releases its 2020 strategy in Yemen continuing its support to the most vulnerable

ACTED releases its 2020 strategy in Yemen continuing its support to the most vulnerable

Sana’a, 1st April 2020 - ACTED in Yemen announces the launch of a refreshed country programme strategy for 2020. This launch comes just a few weeks…

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Yemen: Flash Floods in southern governorates

Yemen: Flash Floods in southern governorates

Heavy rains hit southern parts of Yemen on 24 and 25 March, affecting Lahj, Aden, Abyan, Taizz, Al Dale’e, Al Mahrah and Hadramaut governorates bad…

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More than 15 million children and their families in Yemen, Syria and Gaza set to face COVID-19 with fewer than 1,700 ventilators and beds

More than 15 million children and their families in Yemen, Syria and Gaza set to face COVID-19 with fewer than 1,700 ventilators and beds

Fewer than 730 ventilators and 950 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are available for more than 15 million children and their families in areas that…

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UN Envoy ‘disappointed’ at Houthi violation of coronavirus ceasefire

UN Envoy ‘disappointed’ at Houthi violation of coronavirus ceasefire

The UN Envoy to Yemen has expressed his grave disappointment over the Iran-backed Houthi militia’s violation of the recent ceasefire deal which was…

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Arab Coalition: Houthis trying to exploit world’s preoccupation with coronavirus

Arab Coalition: Houthis trying to exploit world’s preoccupation with coronavirus

 Houthi militants in Yemen are trying to exploit the world’s preoccupation with tackling the coronavirus pandemic, Arab Coalition spokesperson…

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Houthis Allocate Donations to War, Ignoring Millions of Hungry Citizens

Houthis Allocate Donations to War, Ignoring Millions of Hungry Citizens

Houthi leaders in Sanaa, al-Mahwit, Dhamar, and Amran governorates are forcing residents, including tribesmen, farmers, and merchants, to donate mo…

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U.S. Cuts Health Care Aid to Yemen Despite Worries About Coronavirus

U.S. Cuts Health Care Aid to Yemen Despite Worries About Coronavirus

The Trump administration on Friday cut off tens of millions of dollars for health care programs and other aid in Yemen, rejecting pleas by humanita…

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Yemen sees fresh displacement after five years of conflict

Yemen sees fresh displacement after five years of conflict

After fleeing latest fighting in country’s north, Yemenis describe harrowing route to safety and dire conditions on arrival as humanitarian aid str…

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Yemenis meet truce calls with both hope and skepticism

Yemenis meet truce calls with both hope and skepticism

When the Iran-backed Houthi militias advanced toward his home city of Taiz in early 2015, Ibrahim Al-Zubairi decided not to flee the city, hoping t…

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UN hails ceasefires in Yemen amid coronavirus crisis

UN hails ceasefires in Yemen amid coronavirus crisis

The United Nations, which had urged a global ceasefire in the face of the coronavirus crisis, on Thursday hailed armed groups in Cameroon, the Phil…

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