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U.N. begins high-risk operation to prevent catastrophic oil spill from Yemen tanker

U.N. begins high-risk operation to prevent catastrophic oil spill from Yemen tanker

The United Nations-led effort to prevent a potential environmental and humanitarian catastrophe from the decaying supertanker FSO Safer off Yemen&r…

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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard I Reporting Period: 09 - 15 July 2023

IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard I Reporting Period: 09 - 15 July 2023

IOM Yemen DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from…

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UNHCR Somalia: Refugees and asylum seekers (30 June 2023)

UNHCR Somalia: Refugees and asylum seekers (30 June 2023)

As of 30 June 2023, Somalia is hosting 35,996 refugees and asylum-seekers, among which 69% are women and children. The majority of refugees and asy…

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Process to transfer oil from decaying Yemen tanker could begin this week: UN

Process to transfer oil from decaying Yemen tanker could begin this week: UN

An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen’s coast could start by the end of the…

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UAE, Japan sign agreements expanding on historic ties

UAE, Japan sign agreements expanding on historic ties

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida oversaw the signing of a number of memorandums of unders…

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UN hands over ship for oil transfer from rusting Yemen tanker

UN hands over ship for oil transfer from rusting Yemen tanker

The United Nations on Monday handed over a vessel that will take on board oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, an operatio…

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Houthi Attack in Yemen’s Taiz Province Kills Mother, Son

Houthi Attack in Yemen’s Taiz Province Kills Mother, Son

Houthi rebels killed a mother and her son on Saturday in an attack on a residential area in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, according…

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Yemen Health Cluster Annual Report - 2021

Yemen Health Cluster Annual Report - 2021

OVERVIEW The national health cluster is functional in Yemen with two dedicated Health Cluster Coordinators in Sanaa and Ad…

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UN : Ship enroute to Yemen to transfer oil from decaying Safer tanker

UN : Ship enroute to Yemen to transfer oil from decaying Safer tanker

A ship is enroute to Yemen to pump oil from the decaying Safer tanker, the UN’s official coordinator for Yemen said on Saturday. &ldq…

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Yemen's rivals are not only clashing on the ground but battling economically for revenue from ports

Yemen's rivals are not only clashing on the ground but battling economically for revenue from ports

 Sporadic armed clashes between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces are straining peace efforts, and the rivals are now also battling…

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Can a religious pilgrimage make peace a prospect in Yemen?

Can a religious pilgrimage make peace a prospect in Yemen?

In a move that appears to mark a new phase of diplomacy and a step towards ending nearly a decade of war, a Houthi delegation returned home in the…

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Yemen: YJS reports 40 media violations in the first half of 2023

Yemen: YJS reports 40 media violations in the first half of 2023

Forty cases of media and journalists’ rights violations have been registered during the first half of 2023, according to a new report publish…

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Yemen concerned as Houthis fire missiles at Marib city

Yemen concerned as Houthis fire missiles at Marib city

 The Iran-backed Houthis fired two ballistic missiles at Yemen’s central city of Marib on Tuesday, as they mobilized a large number of f…

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Washington: Houthi Blockades Worsen Humanitarian, Economic Crisis in Yemen

Washington: Houthi Blockades Worsen Humanitarian, Economic Crisis in Yemen

The US on Tuesday urged all the Yemeni parties to cooperate with the UN Special Envoy and to meaningfully participate in future Yemeni-Yemeni talks…

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Yemen poised for change’ but serious breakthrough is needed for war to end, UN says

Yemen poised for change’ but serious breakthrough is needed for war to end, UN says

Although a truce agreed between the Yemeni government and the Iran-backed Houthis expired more than 10 months ago, the people of Yemen continue to…

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Yemeni government threatens Sanaa airport, Hodeidah port shutdown over Houthi ‘economic war’

Yemeni government threatens Sanaa airport, Hodeidah port shutdown over Houthi ‘economic war’

Yemen’s internationally recognized government has threatened to close Sanaa International Airport and restrict ship movements through Hodeida…

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Yemen: the situation on the ground remains fragile

Yemen: the situation on the ground remains fragile

Madam President,I would like to thank Hans Grunderberg, Joyce Msuya and David Gressly for their briefings. As the Special Envoy said,…

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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on Yemen

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on Yemen

Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya, for your briefings and continued efforts. We…

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Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week

Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week

Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of oil, the supertanker FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war br…

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Climate Change Exacerbates Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Climate Change Exacerbates Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

International warnings about the detrimental impact of extreme climate events on humanitarian conditions in Yemen persist as the population copes w…

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