Amid escalating conflict and worsening humanitarian conditions, displacement across the country has seen an increase of 7% since April, with 152,009 individuals fleeing from violence within this period.
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Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations
The most recent projections suggest that approximately half of the global poor now live in states characterized by conflict and violence, according to a FAO and WFP report.
Severe food insecurity widespread in Yemen
The latest IPC analysis confirms that over half the country's population is living in "crisis" or "emergency" levels of food insecurity and the situation is likely to deteriorate if conflict persists.
Yemen conflict leaves over 2.8 million internally displaced
Two out of three internally displaced persons have lived in dire conditions for ten months or more and their prospects of returning home remain remote.
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Yemen: Already affected by the scourge of conflict, some 50,000 hit by floods and landslides
UNHCR coordinated the shelter and relief response for 15,000 people. Meanwhile, coalition-affiliated forces continued an offensive against extremist elements in the southern governorates.
About 14.4 million Yemenis urgently need food security and livelihood assistance
The volume of food required in Yemen is far greater than agencies can provide. Agriculture must be an integral part of the aid response to prevent the dire food security situation from worsening.
Yemen: Floods and landslides compound suffering of communities
Close to 30,000 people are affected by heavy rainfall that has triggered flash floods and landslides in several parts of the country, causing displacement and destroying homes and livelihoods.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Syria, floods in Yemen
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Syria and South Sudan; landslides, floods in Afghanistan
The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Overall cholera numbers fall, although Nigeria's cases double in a month
The current hot spots are: Nigeria, Guinea Bissau, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Togo and Benin – ranked in order of importance.
Red Cross provides immediate cholera assistance to over 128,000 people in Ponte Noire
Although the number of new cases is falling, the incidence remains high and new outbreaks have been reported particularly along the border with Angola and Cabinda.
Congo: Influx of migrants exacerbates cholera outbreak in Pointe-Noire
BRAZZAVILLE, 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - An influx of migrants from the countryside into the Republic of Congo's second largest city, Pointe-Noire, is exacerbating a cholera outbreak that began in November 2012. The outbreak infected at least 389 and killed 10, according to the health ministry and local...