In view of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Switzerland is reaffirming its commitment to help the destitute civilian population by making an additional CHF 3 million available to the Yemen...
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In view of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Switzerland is reaffirming its commitment to help the destitute civilian population by making an additional CHF 3 million available to the Yemen...
Key Messages Conflict in Yemen is the primary driver of the largest food security emergency in the world, with 7 to 10 million people in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), or worse, and in need of urgent...
1. GENERAL SITUATION Since September 2014 due to internal strife and aerial bombardment many civilians lost their lives and their homes. 21 of the 22 regions of Yemen have been under intense fire,...
Key Figures 18.8 million People in need 10.3 million People in acute need 14.8 million People lack access to basic health services 8.8 million People targeted for life-saving interventions with acute...
Executive Summary Yemen is currently facing an unprecedented humanitarian and economic crisis as a result of the conflict that has gripped the country since late 2014. In addition to the armed...
Key Points IDPs are more frequently resorting to borrowing and eating cheaper food than last month, and they continue to have the highest levels of food insecurity After two months of deterioration,...
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BROM MAYFA, YEMEN, 28th December, 2016 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent has rushed emergency relief aid to a number of families who were displaced from Brom Mayfa, a district in the Yemeni...
Total people in need: 18.8 million Total children (<18) in need: 9.6 million Total people to be reached in 2017: 9.8 million Total children to be reached in 2017: 6.9 million 2017 programme targets ...
IBB, Yemen – Shukria was married off at just 9 years old. The wedding was arranged to settle a debt her family owed to a 50-year-old man. “He told my father he would forget the debt and give even...
December 27, 2016 Eighteen months of brutal conflict have plunged Yemen into a full-blown humanitarian emergency. After a short ebb in fighting brought on by recent peace negotiations, airstrikes and...
Highlights The Yemen Humanitarian Country Team has launched the Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2017, estimating that 18.8 million people – some 70 per cent of the population - are in need for...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Yemen's children are at the heart of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Ten million children are in urgent need of assistance, over two million are malnourished — and the number...
ADEN, 25th December, 2016 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent has delivered food assistance to the people of Perim Island as part of its relief programme to support areas liberated from the Houthi...
By Adam Baron SUMMARY After years of conflict Yemen is on the verge of absolute collapse. Institutions across the country are falling apart, while a plethora of armed groups have taken advantage of...
Humanitarian Context Commercial and import uncertainty: Based upon the latest UN snapshot on Shipping, Food and Fuel imports, the costs for the equivalent of the minimum food staples is 24% higher...
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Saudi-led coalition rockets nearly hit schools in Saada (São Paulo) – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fired Brazilian-made rockets containing banned cluster munitions that struck near two schools in...
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for Yemen has raised £13 million since it was launched 10 days ago, with the total continuing to rise. Two years of conflict have pushed Yemen, already...
(Geneva, 19 December 2016) – On Monday, 19 December, Ahmed Asirir, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, announced that the use of UK-made BL-755 cluster munitions in Yemen has been stopped, also...
_After working with __Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières __(MSF) in Liberia at the tail end of the Ebola epidemic, Australian nurse Emma Parker spent almost six months at Al-Salam...
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December 15, 2016. Written by: Bram Frouws/RMMS A record number of arrivals in Yemen With one more month until the end of the year and despite the ongoing war in Yemen, a record number of migrants...