Yemen has been embroiled in an eight-yearlong armed conflict that has resulted in increased economic turmoil, human displacement, infrastructure damage, and widespread suffering. By the end of the...
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Lack of funding cripples humanitarian operations in Yemen [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 23 September 2020 – Fifteen of the United Nations’ 41 major humanitarian programmes in hardhit Yemen have already been reduced or shut down and 30 more will be in coming weeks unless...
The UN warns that humanitarian operations in Yemen are shutting down [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 19 August 2020 – Half of all of the UN’s major programmes in Yemen are impacted by the lack of funding. Already, 12 of the UN’s 38 major programmes are shut or drastically reduced. Between...
Seven children and two women are killed and four civilians injured during an attack in Hajjah Governorate [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 13 July 2020 – Initial reports from the field indicate that on 12 July, an air strike killed seven children and two women in Washhah District in Hajjah Governorate in north-west Yemen...
On the eve of the international pledging conference, COVID-19 is spreading in Yemen [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 29 May 2020 – Seven weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Yemen on 10 April, the virus is spreading unchecked and unmitigated across the country. “A tragedy is unfolding in...
Yemen in the eye of a COVID-19 perfect storm [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 28 April 2020 – Aid agencies are deeply concerned by the presence, and the potential for the rapid spread of coronavirus in Yemen. To date, Yemen has been an outlier in the Eastern...
Yemen is hit by once-in-a generation floods; tens of thousands of families lose everything [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 26 April 2020 - Initial reports indicate that more than 100,000 people across Yemen have been impacted by torrential rains and flooding since mid-April. Health authorities in Aden...
Humanitarians are racing against time to help Yemen address COVID-19; the odds are stacked against them [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 23 April 2020 – Humanitarian agencies are rushing to help authorities suppress the spread of COVID19 in Yemen and to prepare and equip facilities in case people become ill. “It’s a race...
The Ministry of Health in Aden confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Yemen [EN/AR]
10 April 2020, Yemen – Today, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) in Aden announced the first laboratory confirmed case of the coronavirus in Yemen. The individual who has tested...
Innocent civilians wounded and killed during attacks on hospitals in Sa’ada and Taizz [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 27 March 2019 – At least seven civilians were killed and eight injured as a result of an airstrike yesterday on a hospital in Kitaf District in Sa’ada Governorate. Reports from the area...
Scores of innocent civilians wounded and killed in attacks in Hajjah Governorate [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 11 March 2019 – Reports from Hajjah Governorate indicate that scores of civilians have been killed by strikes on houses in Kushar District during the past two days. Medical sources report...
USD 4.2 billion needed to provide life-saving assistance to 21.4 million people in Yemen in 2019 [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 25 February 2019 – The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched on 18 February the 2019 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) which seeks US$4.2 billion to provide lifesaving...
Strikes at Hodeidah’s main hospital result in multiple deaths and injuries [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 03 August 2018 – Yemen’s largest hospital, Al Thawra, was struck in Hodeidah on 2 August. Preliminary reports from authorities and humanitarian staff on the ground confirm multiple deaths and...
Civilians at extreme risk from airstrikes in Hodeidah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 29 July 2018 – On 26, 27 and 28 July, airstrikes occurred near a reproductive health centre and public laboratory in Hodeidah and hit and damaged a sanitation facility in Zabid and a water...
Hundreds of Thousands of Civilians in Hodeidah are at Grave Risk [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 21 June 2018 – A week after fighting began in the port city of Hodeidah, hundreds of thousands of civilians remain at serious risk. “We are deeply worried about the situation,” said Lise...
Humanitarian Partners are Delivering Life-Saving Assistance to Thousands of Families in Hodeidah [EN/AR]
Humanitarian partners are rushing to provide life-saving assistance to thousands of vulnerable families in the port city of Hodeidah, where fighting has escalated. “Dozens of UN staff are in the city...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, Calling on Parties to Facilitate Unimpeded Aid Delivery [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 11 December 2017: The violence that engulfed Sana’a city over the last weeks has subsided,but the suffering continues. Famine still threatens millions; preventable diseases continually strike...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, on the Urgent need for Funding to Halt the Spread of Cholera [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 24 May 2017 Cholera continues to spread at an unprecedented rate throughout Yemen affecting men, women, and children who have for more than two years withstood the consequences of a conflict...
Statement on behalf of the humanitarian coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick on the need to ensure funding and humanitarian access into and throughout Yemen [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 7 May 2017 Humanitarian funding is urgently needed to save lives across Yemen. With urgency, I call on Members States to fund the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan. All commitments made during...