Attachments
In Numbers
21.2 million (82 percent of population) in need of humanitarian assistance (2016 Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview)
14.1 million food insecure of which 7 million severely food insecure (June 2016 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis)
2.8 million internally displaced and returnees (HCT Task Force on Population Movement, 9th Report, May 2016)
49,797 refugee and migrant arrivals in Yemen from the Horn of Africa in Jan-May 2016 (Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat/UNHCR)
Highlights
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In a major breakthrough, in July, WFP succeeded in reaching the conflict-affected and hard-to-reach governorate of Marib for the first time since December 2015, distributing food for almost 8,000 people in Harib al Qaramish district in western Marib.
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WFP reached the Mudhaffar neighbourhood inside Taizz city’s conflict-affected enclave through its Commodity Vouchers through Traders’ Network (CV-TN) programme for the first time in July, reaching 47,802 beneficiaries.
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WFP urgently needs additional funds to support its life-saving activities beyond October 2016. Immediate funding (net requirements of USD 284.9 million between September and February 2017) is needed.
Situation Update
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Following the one-month suspension of United Nations-brokered intra-Yemeni peace talks from 06 August, Saudi-led Coalition airstrikes on Sana’a resumed on 09 August after a five-month pause. In addition to a significant increase in the number of airstrikes across Yemen, there has also been escalated fighting between Coalition-backed government forces and Houthi forces around Sana’a and in Sa’ada, Amran, Taizz, Hajjah, Lahj, Al Jawf and Marib.
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On 09 August, Coalition authorities imposed a suspension of all flights into and out of Sana’a, including flights of the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS). The Coalition has granted clearance for the resumption of flights by the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations on 16 August, although commercial flights remain suspended.
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Floods in July and August caused by heavy rains affected several governorates in northwest Yemen. At least 147 households (nearly 900 people) in Amran have received WFP emergency food assistance as of 14 August, and there are plans to extend emergency food assistance in Sana’a and Hudaydah, in coordination with ongoing flood impact assessments.