Aden, 6 January 2024 – This statement is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, ad interim, for Yemen, Peter Hawkins. I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the appalling...
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The Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen reaffirms relief agencies’ commitment to the people of Yemen, their lives, their dignity, their protection and their resilience [EN/AR]
Press Statement On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, reaffirms the UN and relief agencies’ commitment to the people of Yemen, their lives,...
Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly [EN/AR]
Amman/Sana’a, 25 January 2021– We are alarmed by the escalating spiral of violence in Yemen that continues to harm civilians and is spilling over its borders. January will almost certainly be a...
Strikes damage a key hospital serving hundreds of thousands of Yemenis [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 7 November 2019 – Preliminary reports indicate that a key hospital serving hundreds of thousands of Yemenis has been badly damaged by strikes which occurred on 6 November in Al Mukha, in...
Scores of people killed and wounded in Amran and Al Dhale’e [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 24 September 2019 – Twenty-two civilians have been killed in two separate air strikes in the past two days. The first incident occurred on 23 September in Al Sawad, in Amran Governorate when...
Joint statement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen and the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 1 September 2019 [EN/AR]
Mass casualties reported following air strikes in Dhamar Governorate Sana’a, 1 September 2019 –On 1 September, air strikes hit a former community college compound on the northern outskirts of Dhamar...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 29 August 2019: Tens of people killed and wounded in Aden and Abyan [EN/AR]
Aden, 29 August 2019 – Preliminary reports from medical facilities indicate that as many as 13 people have been killed and at least 70 wounded during clashes in Aden and Abyan governorates since 27...
Humanitarian programmes in Yemen forced to shut due to lack of funding [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 21 August 2019: Commitments made by donor countries at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen have failed to materialize. At the event convened by the UN Secretary...
Humanitarians in Yemen reaffirm that the only solution to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world is to end the conflict [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 19 August 2019: Humanitarians across Yemen are renewing their call to end the conflict in Yemen on World Humanitarian Day. “Every humanitarian working in Yemen knows that the only solution to...
Scores of civilians killed and wounded by fighting in Aden [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 11 August 2019 – Scores of civilians have been killed and wounded since 8 August when fighting broke out in the city of Aden. Preliminary reports indicate that as many as 40 people have been...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 30 July 2019: Children are among scores of civilians, killed and injured by an attack on a market in Sa’ada [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 30 July 2019 – On 29 July 2019, scores of people were killed and injured in an attack on Al Thabit market in Qatabir District in Sa’ada Governorate. Preliminary reports from local health...
Several children among the killed and injured by strikes in Sana’a [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 16 May 2019 – Today, several people were killed, and dozens injured when strikes hit Sana’a City. Preliminary reports indicate that five children have died and 16 more are wounded; additional...
UN is racing against time to salvage food stocks in Hodeidah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 7 May 2019 – On 5 May, a UN technical team led by the World Food Programme (WFP) gained access to the Red Sea Mills on the eastern outskirts of Hodeidah City as part of initial efforts to...
Tens of civilians wounded and killed in Sana’a [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 8 April 2019 –Preliminary reports indicate that on 7 April as many as eleven civilians, including five students, were killed and scores of civilians injured in Shu’aub District in Sana’a...
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...
Nine civilians are killed and at least 13 injured in attacks in Hodeidah and Hajjah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 22 February 2019 – Reports from Hodeidah confirmed that on 19 February, 8 civilians were killed and another 10 people injured when an artillery shell landed on Al Azeeb market in the Al...
At least eight civilians are killed and 30 wounded in an IDP centre in Haradh [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 27 January 2019 – On 26 January, a collective centre for internally displaced people (IDP) was shelled in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, killing 8 people and wounding 30 others. “This...
Fire in the Red Sea Mills in Hodeidah is a blow to millions of hungry people [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 25 January 2019 – Reports from Hodeidah indicate that a fire at the Red Sea Mills on the eastern outskirts of Hodeidah City has damaged two silos. While the circumstances are being confirmed,...