Yemen Civil Unrest and Displacement HCT Situation Report No. 1

This report is produced by the Humanitarian Country Team in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Yemen country office. It covers the period from 31 May 2011 to 6 June 2011. The next report will be issued on or around 12 June 2011.

I. Highlights/Key priorities

• Heavy fighting between government and anti-regime tribal forces have left at least 29 dead and over a hundred injured, including women and children. Hundreds more are displaced within the capital Sana’a.

• 4,000 urban refugees in Sana’a seek protection from the latest violence in the capital.

• Inter-agency rapid assessment reveals at least 9,947 new IDPs have fled to schools and public buildings in Aden and 4,700 IDPs in Lahj following further conflict in Zinjibar, Abyan Governorate where reportedly 95% of the population has been displaced within other inaccessible areas surrounding Zinjibar.

• Humanitarian access remains restricted in parts of Abyan, Sana’a and Sada’a Governorates.

• A national shortage of fuel is disrupting markets and contributing to the cost of food and water rising threefold in some urban locations and further threatens the delivery of humanitarian programming.

• Food assistance and non-food items as part of the Sada’a Response Plan reaches IDPs in Sa’ada Governorate following successful negotiations with the Al-Houthis to increase access.

• The HCT successfully mobilized US$ 6.3 million from the CERF under the rapid response window to respond to the new humanitarian needs resulting from the civil unrest and the conflict in the north.