ReliefWeb

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Beneficiaries targeted through the CAP have risen to 6 million people (62 per cent increase), and funding needs have risen to US$584 million (32 per cent increase).

• A new SMART survey in Hajjah, Rayma and Lahj found GAM rates as high as 23 per cent and SAM at 4.5 per cent.

• Assessments in Abyan reveal more IDP returns than expected. Major humanitarian challenges persist.

• Security incidents in Yemen rose 10 per cent from June 2011 to June 2012.

An Arabic version of the bulletin will be available in the coming days at: http://yemen.humanitarianresponse.info