The Special Humanitarian Envoy for the UN xxSecretary General, Mr. Abdul Aziz Arrukban, went on mission to Gaza on 27-28 February. During this visit he spoke at length with ordinary residents of Gaza about their most urgent humanitarian needs which resulted from the recent fighting. He also met with aid agency officials to discuss improvements in bringing in relief supplies and particularly about the urgent need for the border crossings into Gaza being opened. Mr. Arrukban has urged for a continued focus on the humanitarian needs in Gaza

Six people drowned and another 11 are reported missing and presumed dead after smugglers carrying 52 Somalis and Ethiopians across the Gulf of Aden forced their passengers overboard in deep water off the Yemen coast. Authorities recovered six bodies near Huseysa, about 500 km east of Aden.

The boat, reportedly carrying 40 Somalis

Difficult weather conditions have also put additional strain on many small communities scattered throughout the mountains. As a result of the conflict, water-treatment services are not as widely available as in the past, and getting clean and potable water

The report, Crop Prospects and Food Situation, stated that a joint FAO and World Food Programme (WFP) Emergency Operation was approved in January 2009 to assist more than 500,000 Yemenis.

Giancarlo Cirri, WFP representative in

The event took place during a recent visit by the SCA officials to Yemen, where they made a cooperation agreement with the Al-Sabeel Foundation for Social Development in the Al Muhra province for the construction of the neighbourhood.

Board member of SCA and Chairman of the Projects Mohammed Hamdan Al Zarri said that The SCA Board at a meeting

Humanitarian actors in Zimbabwe received the largest portion of funds allocated during the Central Emergency Response Fund's (CERF) most recent underfunded round. The US$11 million in CERF funds will now be apportioned by the United Nations Resident Coordinator to priority life-saving programmes, as identified by United Nations humanitarian agencies, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and their

SANA'A, Feb. 8 - Despite numerous government assurances and presidential instructions to protect and relocate the Jewish minority in Raidah village, Amran governorate, the some 400 Yemeni Jewish citizens fear for their lives today more than ever.

After the murder of a prominent figure among the Jewish community, Masha Al-Nahari, 30, the remaining members expressed their concern at the fact that the trial of the murderer has stalled while his tribe is threatening to eliminate the Jews who remain in Yemen.

The majority of the Jewish men in Amran

Liberia pest outbreak:

Several villages in Liberia were attacked by a large outbreaks of a forest pest, Achaea catocaloides, larvae that feed primarily on trees. The infestation was first reported on January 14th in Bong county, Central Liberia and later moved to Lofa and Gbarpolu counties in the northern part of the country. A team of experts from FAO, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana witnessed the situation in seven localities and concluded that most of the damage was done to Dahame trees and only minor damage was seen on coffee, cocoa and plantain banana. Staple crops

Introduction

The Government of the Republic of Yemen received with interest the conclusions and recommendations (CAT/C/CR/31/4) which the Committee against Torture adopted further to its consideration, at its 583rd and 586th meetings held in Geneva on 17 and 18 November 2003, of Yemen's initial report (CAT/C/16/Add.1) on the legislative, judicial and administrative measures that it had taken to implement the Convention