HIGHLIGHTS The humanitarian community appeals for urgent support in 2024 to bring life-saving aid to millions P 01 2023 in review: a year of humanitarian needs and action P 02 YHF addresses dire...
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Yemen 2024 IFRC network mid-year report, January – June 2023 (MAAYE001)
OVERALL PROGRESS Context Yemen is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world due to a combination of prolonged conflict, an economic crisis and recurrent climate-related hazards. These...
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Yemen 2024 IFRC network country plan (MAAYE001)
JOINT SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS Yemen faces one of the [world’s gravest humanitarian crises](https://reliefweb.int/ https://reliefweb.int/node/3917741/). In the wake of more than eight years of conflict,...
A Father’s Story of Perseverance to Build a Safe Home Amidst Conflict and Floods
Ma’rib, Yemen, 27 November 2023 – In a country raged by nine years of conflict, where 4.5 million people have become displaced, the definition of home varies significantly. For Faiz, home is where...
Yemen: Environmental Country Profile for Shelter and Settlements - 1st edition, September 2023
Why this Environment Profile? 1.1. Using Environmental information to Improve Humanitarian Response Disasters and other crises often have a negative impact on the environment. At the same time, some...
Tamdeen Youth Foundation's Work Report on Green Response and Environmental Sustainability in Yemen [EN/AR]
Tamdeen Youth Foundation works in the field of environment and climate with many UN and international organizations and local actors in Yemen, and strives to promote environmental sustainability and...
United Nations completes removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea
More than 1.1 million barrels of oil transferred to the replacement tanker over 18 days Hodeidah, Yemen, 11 August – At 1800 local time, the United Nations successfully completed the transfer of oil...
FSO Safer: Ship-to-ship transfer of oil underway
[Last updated on 26 July 2023] The ship-to-ship transfer of more than 1.1 million barrels of oil from the decaying floating storage and offlading unit FSO Safer to a replacement tanker, the Yemen...
Country risk analysis: Yemen [EN/AR]
Key messages Three risk pathways (conflict, climate and development) lead to a higher risk of conflict in Yemen through a combination of two elements: high vulnerability and low resilience...
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Swift action needed to salvage oil tanker Safer and prevent a new blow to Yemen
The Dutch salvage company Boskalis/SMIT Salvage is preparing to head to Yemen to pump oil from the derelict tanker FSO Safer. The ship could break apart at any moment, triggering a major...
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Do Famine Declarations Really Lead to Increased Funding?
AUTHORS Daniel Maxwell, Matthew Day, Peter Hailey Throughout 2022, as the situation worsened in the Horn of Africa, there were numerous calls from journalists and humanitarian leaders for famine to...
UN Operation Underway to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea [EN/AR]
Salvage vessel arrived today at site of decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Ras Issa peninsula to prepare for removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil. Funding still urgently required to complete...
A research study of climate changes and local preparedness in the districts of (Al-Ma’afer - Al-Shamayatain) - Taiz Governorate - Yemen
Executive summary Climate changes and their effects are clearly visible in Yemen, and their indicators include drought, changes in temperature, floods, pests and disease outbreaks, changes in...
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Remarks at the pledging event for the FSO Safer operation co-hosted by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 04 May 2023 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, delivered the following remarks today at the online pledging event for the FSO Safer operation co-hosted...
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UK unlocks funding for operation to avert major oil spill from Red Sea tanker [EN/AR]
The UK and the Netherlands co-hosted a conference of nations, companies and organisations to raise funds for the UN operation to prevent an oil spill off the Yemen coast. The UK and the Netherlands,...
United Nations Takes Next Major Step to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 20 April 2023 – In the latest critical step towards preventing a massive oil spill off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the global leading maritime services company Boskalis’s...
Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Statement to the Security Council 17 April 2023 [EN/AR]
[As prepared for delivery] Mr. President, This month marks one year since the announcement of the UN-brokered truce in Yemen. Even beyond its expiry in October, the truce provided precious relief for...
United Nations Takes Major Step Forward to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea as UN Development Programme Signs Agreement to Purchase Oil Tanker [EN/AR]
Purchase of vessel is a critical development in operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Funding still urgently needed to complete...
Explainer: The world is acting to prevent catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea (1 March 2023)
Moored off the Red Sea coast of Yemen, the FSO Safer is a rapidly decaying supertanker holding four times the amount of oil the Exxon Valdez spilled. It could break up or explode at any time,...
Flood Hazard Analysis of IDP Sites in Yemen - REACH & CCCM Cluster Yemen (February 2023)
Background Next to conflict and eviction, flooding is one of the major threats to Internally Displaced Person (IDP) sites in Yemen. Key Informants reported flooding as a site threat for 304 (19.9%)...