Aid group says Yemeni children still dying of hunger
2 years, 5 months ago

Aid group says Yemeni children still dying of hunger

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A truce that went into effect in April in war-torn Yemen has not improved humanitarian conditions in the country and the Russia-Ukraine war is causing children to die of hunger, the regional director of a prominent aid group said Friday. In an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut a week after visiting Yemen, Hossam Elsharkawi said the war in Ukraine has lead higher on fuel, wheat and food prices. The situation in Yemen was already catastrophic before Ukraine, now it’s a hundred times worse,” said Elsharkawi, of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. They’re not just suffering, they’re dying from hunger.” He added that the “worse than catastrophic” conditions in Yemen requires his organization to increase “efforts in our humanitarian work.” The IFRC is the world’s largest humanitarian network, comprising 192 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns
4 months, 1 week ago

Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war as hunger and cholera are increasing in the Arab world’s poorest nation, U.N. officials said Thursday. U.N. special representative Hans Grundberg told the Security Council that despite serious efforts to shield Yemen, it has been drawn into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with Houthi …

Aid groups call for renewed attention on Yemen
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Aid groups call for renewed attention on Yemen

China Daily  

As the Israel-Palestinian conflict had taken up much of the attention on the region in recent months, humanitarian organizations made an appeal this week to bring Yemen back into the spotlight, calling for fresh action to support humanitarian needs in the crisis-hit nation where, they say, donor support had "collapsed". In a statement released on May 7, the Norwegian Refugee …

‘Yemen at a crossroads’: Nearly 200 aid groups issue urgent funding appeal
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Yemen at a crossroads’: Nearly 200 aid groups issue urgent funding appeal

Al Jazeera  

Only a fraction of funds needed to provide aid to millions in the war-torn country is secured, the groups say. Dozens of aid groups have called for more donor funding to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Yemen, warning that inaction would lead to “catastrophic consequences” for people in the war-ravaged country. “Underfunding poses a challenge to the continuity of …

Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war
9 months ago

Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war

Al Jazeera  

NGOs warn that hunger, disease and lack of education stalk Yemen as war persists. Reports released on Monday said two in five Yemeni children are not attending school while more than 17 million people – half of them children – require health assistance. New report and press release 👇https://t.co/pAfi85JTmz — Save the Children MENA & Eastern Europe March 25, 2024 …

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
9 months, 1 week ago

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

The Independent  

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U.S. says Israel agreed to a Gaza cease-fire framework. Hamas now must decide
9 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. says Israel agreed to a Gaza cease-fire framework. Hamas now must decide

LA Times  

Palestinian Muslims pray outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem after Israeli police denied their entry to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday prayers. The European Union’s diplomatic service said many of the hundreds of Palestinians killed or wounded Thursday in the chaos surrounding an aid convoy were hit by Israeli army fire. The European External Action …

UN envoy warns of ‘dangerous’ escalation cycle in war-wracked Yemen
10 months, 1 week ago

UN envoy warns of ‘dangerous’ escalation cycle in war-wracked Yemen

Al Jazeera  

A separate UN official expresses fears over how the US designating the Houthis a ‘terrorist’ group may affect Yemen’s economy. The United Nations special envoy for Yemen has called for immediate action to end the “dangerous escalatory cycle” in the war-wracked country, as Houthi rebels continue their attacks in the Red Sea and Western powers retaliate with strikes on Yemen. …

UN food agency stops deliveries to millions in Yemen areas controlled by Houthi rebels
1 year ago

UN food agency stops deliveries to millions in Yemen areas controlled by Houthi rebels

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it is stopping food distribution in areas of war-torn Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, a move that will impact millions of people. The World Food Program said the “pause” was driven by limited funding and the lack of agreement with the rebel authorities on downscaling the program to match …

Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says
1 year, 4 months ago

Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering efforts to start peace talks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces an increasingly dire economic situation, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday. Grundberg said his recent talks with both sides showed “general willingness to seek solutions, but this still needs to translate into concrete steps, in particular, …

Amid countries that need humanitarian aid, U.N. worries Yemen will be forgotten
1 year, 10 months ago

Amid countries that need humanitarian aid, U.N. worries Yemen will be forgotten

NPR  

Amid countries that need humanitarian aid, U.N. worries Yemen will be forgotten Yemen has been one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The World Food Programme runs one of the largest aid operations in the world in Yemen, feeding millions of people trapped in a complicated war that has devastated the country. The WFP's Richard Ragan says …

More than 11,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen since 2015: UNICEF
2 years ago

More than 11,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen since 2015: UNICEF

The Hindu  

More than 11,000 children have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Yemen since 2015, the U.N. Children's Emergency Fund said on Monday, a week after it launched a multi-billion global funding drive. Yemen's Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis have been escalating an economic war amid stalling U.N.-led efforts for a new truce since an earlier pact expired …

UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war
2 years ago

UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations said Thursday that at least 3,774 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war between March 2015 and September 2022. According to the latest statistics published by the United Nations Children’s Fund, a further 7,245 children have been maimed in the conflict, which has pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a Saudi Arabian-led coalition supporting Yemen’s …

Children starve as Yemen teeters on a return to fighting
2 years, 2 months ago

Children starve as Yemen teeters on a return to fighting

Associated Press  

HAYS, Yemen — An emaciated little girl lies motionless on a hospital bed and struggles to breathe. In the city of Hodeida, with a population of roughly 3 million, al-Thawra Hospital receives 2,500 patients daily, including “super-malnourished” children, said Joyce Msuya, U.N. assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs. “Yemen has been hit three times by the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” said …

Children starve as Yemen teeters on a return to fighting
2 years, 2 months ago

Children starve as Yemen teeters on a return to fighting

The Independent  

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Bombs in Yemen have stopped but children are still denied life-saving treatment
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombs in Yemen have stopped but children are still denied life-saving treatment

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. “We have lost too many children in the last seven years of war,” Dr Abdulrahman Alhadi, who heads the Yemeni Children’s Leukaemia Center, told CNN. She’s an angel and I would give my life to …

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid
2 years, 5 months ago

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid

Al Jazeera  

UN’s World Food Programme says it will have to ration the food aid it sends to Yemen as a result of a lack of funding. The World Food Programme has announced further dramatic cuts to food aid in Yemen, leaving millions of Yemenis already suffering through war unable to get enough food. The WFP provides food aid to 13 million …

‘Catastrophic hunger’: Charity urges truce extension in Yemen
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Catastrophic hunger’: Charity urges truce extension in Yemen

Al Jazeera  

Two-month truce is set to expire on Wednesday, prompting calls for an end to ‘the cycle of violence and suffering’. The international charity Oxfam has urged Yemen’s warring sides to extend a two-month truce, appealing to the parties to the conflict to work together to avoid “catastrophic hunger” in the war-wrecked country. The charity’s Yemen director, Ferran Puig, said the …

Yemen: A glimmer of hope in a devastating war
2 years, 7 months ago

Yemen: A glimmer of hope in a devastating war

Al Jazeera  

Al Mahrah, Yemen – A two-month truce has brought some hope to Yemen. The United Nations-brokered deal between a Saudi-led coalition and the Yemeni government on one side, and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, is a significant step towards ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and pushed millions into hunger. Although the bombs have stopped falling, seven years …

Yemen: Why is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis ignored?
2 years, 8 months ago

Yemen: Why is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis ignored?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, March 28 at 19:30 GMT: Afflicted by widespread hunger, disease and displacement, Yemen’s dire humanitarian crisis is expected to worsen in the coming months, international aid organisations say. Caught between a protracted war and economic collapse, at least 17.4 million people – more than half of the country’s population – are in need of food assistance. Though the …

Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short
2 years, 9 months ago

Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short

Al Jazeera  

The UN was seeking $4.3bn but it could raise only $1.3bn, with some major donors missing, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia. “A shortfall in funding means the needs of people will not be met,” said Auke Lootsma, the UN Development Programme’s resident representative to Yemen. This is the bleakest situation we’ve had so far in the country.” The UN had …

We need to remember the crisis in Yemen is not over
2 years, 9 months ago

We need to remember the crisis in Yemen is not over

Al Jazeera  

The war in Ukraine is now at the top of the world’s agenda – as it should be. The humanitarian response planned by the UN and non-governmental organisations will require nearly $4.3bn in 2022 to help 17.2 million people. Last year, around 200 humanitarian organisations – most of them Yemeni non-governmental organisations – reached more than 11 million people across …

Yemen hunger crisis: $4.3bn needed, says UN
2 years, 9 months ago

Yemen hunger crisis: $4.3bn needed, says UN

Al Jazeera  

An estimated 19 million Yemenis will go hungry unless funds are raised, UN officials say ahead of a pledging conference. Three out of four Yemenis will depend on food assistance in 2022, United Nations officials said ahead of a high-level pledging conference that aims to raise funds for the war-torn country. At the beginning of the year, the UN’s World …

Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months: UNICEF
2 years, 9 months ago

Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

More than 10,200 children have been killed or injured since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015, the UN agency said. At least 47 children were “killed or maimed” in Yemen’s civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nations children’s fund said on Saturday. Children are the “first and most to suffer”, UNICEF said, adding …

Beyond Ukraine, a devastating war in Yemen not many are talking about
2 years, 9 months ago

Beyond Ukraine, a devastating war in Yemen not many are talking about

India Today  

Every war-torn country’s tragedy is unique in its own way. The Houthis now control an estimated 80 per cent of Yemen’s territory and have over the years launched multiple missile and drone attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia. SITUATION WORSENS AFTER BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT When Joe Biden became US President in January 2021, there were hopes that Yemen’s crisis would de-escalate, …

Eight million Yemenis could lose aid next month as war rages
2 years, 10 months ago

Eight million Yemenis could lose aid next month as war rages

Al Jazeera  

As the conflict in Yemen intensifies, an ‘unprecedented’ lack of funds is slashing humanitarian programmes, UN says. Eight million Yemenis will likely lose all humanitarian aid in March unless urgent funds are delivered, United Nations officials have warned, amid an escalation in a long-running war that last month caused the highest toll in civilian casualties in at least three years. …

Yemen’s tragedy
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemen’s tragedy

The Hindu  

The Saudi-led coalition, in which the UAE was a part, started bombing Yemen in 2015, hoping to swiftly dislodge the Houthi rebels from Sana’a and reinstate the government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in the capital. It may not be a coincidence that the attacks were carried out at a time when the UAE-backed forces have been making slow gains in …

How the Yemen conflict flare-up affects its humanitarian crisis
2 years, 11 months ago

How the Yemen conflict flare-up affects its humanitarian crisis

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera takes a look at the effect seven years of war has had on the Arab world’s poorest country. The flare-up in the Yemen conflict, with the Houthis targeting an oil facility in Abu Dhabi and a retaliatory attack by the Saudi-led coalition on Sanaa, has raised fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the country where the situation …

UN to cut food aid to Yemen amid funding shortfall
3 years ago

UN to cut food aid to Yemen amid funding shortfall

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme says it has been forced to cut food aid to Yemen due to a funding shortfall, warns of a surge in hunger. The World Food Programme has said it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to a lack of funds and warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country …

Yemen War Will Have Killed 377,000 by Year's End: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

Yemen War Will Have Killed 377,000 by Year's End: UN

News 18  

Yemen’s seven-year-old war will have claimed 377,000 lives by the end of the year, through both direct and indirect impacts, a UN agency estimated in a report published Tuesday. Most of those killed by the war’s indirect effects are “young children who are especially vulnerable to under- and malnutrition,” said the UN Development Programme report. “A growing proportion of those …

10,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen’s war: UNICEF
3 years, 2 months ago

10,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen’s war: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

Without international support, more children who bear no responsibility for the crisis will die, UN agency warns. At least 10,000 children have been killed or injured in Yemen in violence linked to years of war in the impoverished country, the United Nations children’s agency said on Tuesday. “The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been …

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing as economy collapses: UN
3 years, 2 months ago

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing as economy collapses: UN

Al Jazeera  

Aid agencies are now helping nearly 13 million people across the country, already 3 million more than just a few months ago, the UN says. “Our best assessment is that this expansion has considerably pushed back the immediate risk of large-scale famine.” But he warned that aid agencies don’t have enough money to keep going at this scale and “in …

UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis ‘marching’ toward starvation
3 years, 3 months ago

UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis ‘marching’ toward starvation

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that 16 million people in Yemen “are marching towards starvation” and says food rations for millions in the war-torn nation will be cut in October unless new funding arrives. David Beasley said Wednesday at a meeting on Yemen’s humanitarian crisis that the United States, Germany, United Arab Emirates, …

UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis 'marching' toward starvation
3 years, 3 months ago

UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis 'marching' toward starvation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Beasley said Wednesday at a high-level meeting on …

UN says 16 million Yemenis ‘marching towards starvation’
3 years, 3 months ago

UN says 16 million Yemenis ‘marching towards starvation’

Al Jazeera  

Head of World Food Programme warns food rations for millions in Yemen will be cut in October unless new funding arrives. The head of the UN food agency is warning that 16 million people in Yemen “are marching towards starvation”, adding that food rations for millions in the war-torn nation will be cut in October unless new funding arrives. David …

Weaponisation of aid contributes to death of Yemenis
3 years, 9 months ago

Weaponisation of aid contributes to death of Yemenis

Al Jazeera  

Six years into a devastating conflict, Yemen is at a tipping point and civilians are paying the price of war. Our organisations, Project HOPE and Medglobal, alongside local Yemen health professionals documented the deaths of more than 100 health workers – epidemiologists, medical directors, midwives, and other critical medical professionals – in Yemen, reportedly from COVID-19, through August 2020. The …

UN raises alarm on ‘dramatic deterioration’ in Yemen conflict
3 years, 9 months ago

UN raises alarm on ‘dramatic deterioration’ in Yemen conflict

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has warned of a “dramatic” deterioration in the country’s long-running conflict, raising the alarm over the expansion of fighting on several fronts amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. Speaking at a monthly briefing of the UN Security Council, Griffiths said on Tuesday an ongoing offensive by the Houthi rebels on Marib province …

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children
3 years, 9 months ago

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out of school in what could have repercussions for years to come in the country, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. “One in four children have signs of psychosocial distress,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Mideast and North Africa director. “This cannot be just another …

Yemen: Famine has arrived and Saudi ships blocking fuel aren’t helping
3 years, 9 months ago

Yemen: Famine has arrived and Saudi ships blocking fuel aren’t helping

CNN  

Hodeidah, Yemen CNN — When 10-month-old Hassan Ali arrived at the hospital, doctors were hopeful they could save him. The Saudi-backed Yemeni government has repeatedly denied CNN visas to enter the country’s north after coverage last year that exposed Saudi Arabia’s dramatic drop in humanitarian funding for the war. “Dealing with Yemen as a country by itself that has its …

Yemen famine could threaten opportunity for peace, UN warns
3 years, 10 months ago

Yemen famine could threaten opportunity for peace, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths also called for a stop to a Houthi offensive on the government-held city of Marib. An enormous famine could wipe out a new opportunity created by renewed US engagement to end the war in Yemen, top United Nations officials have told the Security Council. UN Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths also called for a stop to …

More than 2 million children may starve in Yemen in 2021, UN says, with US to remove Houthi terror designation
3 years, 10 months ago

More than 2 million children may starve in Yemen in 2021, UN says, with US to remove Houthi terror designation

ABC  

More than 2 million Yemeni children under the age of five are expected to endure acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies say, urging an end to the years-long conflict that has brought the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine. Key points: The UN says virtually all of Yemen's 12 million children require some sort of …

At Least 400,000 Yemeni Children Under 5 Could Die Of Starvation This Year: UN Agencies
3 years, 10 months ago

At Least 400,000 Yemeni Children Under 5 Could Die Of Starvation This Year: UN Agencies

News 18  

At least 400,000 Yemeni children under 5 could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, four UN agencies said on Friday. In a report published on Friday, the agencies projected a 22% increase in severe acute malnutrition among children under 5 in Yemen, compared to 2020. …

Half of Yemeni children under 5 face acute malnutrition: UN
3 years, 10 months ago

Half of Yemeni children under 5 face acute malnutrition: UN

Al Jazeera  

The number of children in danger of death from lack of food has increased to 400,000, the UN agencies say. Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition this year in war-torn Yemen, UN agencies have warned, as the United States steps up efforts to end six years of devastating war. “These …

UN, ICRC warn of famine over Houthis’ ‘terrorists’ designation
3 years, 11 months ago

UN, ICRC warn of famine over Houthis’ ‘terrorists’ designation

Al Jazeera  

US designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as ‘terrorists’ may also impede the flow of much-needed aid, agencies say. On Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared the Iranian-backed Houthis a “foreign terrorist organisation” and said the designation will take effect on January 19, President Donald Trump’s last full day in office before Joe Biden is inaugurated as president. “Another …

Yemen most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021: IRC
4 years ago

Yemen most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021: IRC

Al Jazeera  

In a list of countries where crises are set to worsen, aid agency ranks Yemen first for the third year running. “The majority of the country really needs the UN and humanitarian funding in order to meet their basic day-to-day needs.” The IRC’s watchlist for 2021, ranked from one to 10, comprised: Yemen; Afghanistan; Syria; the Democratic Republic of the …

Yemen in ‘imminent danger’ of world’s worst famine in decades: UN
4 years, 1 month ago

Yemen in ‘imminent danger’ of world’s worst famine in decades: UN

Al Jazeera  

Guterres’ warning comes as the US threatens to blacklist the Houthis, raising fears aid delivery will be blocked. War-torn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. “In the absence of immediate action, millions of lives may be lost,” Guterres said on Friday of the country …

‘Countdown to catastrophe’ in Yemen as UN again warns of famine
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Countdown to catastrophe’ in Yemen as UN again warns of famine

Al Jazeera  

‘Yemenis not going hungry, they are being starved,’ says United Nations as it warns of looming famine. A previous version of this article stated that UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley had said: "Yemenis are not 'going hungry', they are being starved." “We are on a countdown right now to a catastrophe,” UN World Food Programme Executive Director …

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN
4 years, 1 month ago

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN

Al Jazeera  

Parts of Yemen are seeing their highest levels of acute malnutrition in children, heightening warnings that the country is approaching a dire food security crisis, the United Nations said in a report. If the war doesn’t end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an entire generation of Yemen’s young children,” said Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian …

UN warns 10 million face acute food shortages in Yemen
4 years, 5 months ago

UN warns 10 million face acute food shortages in Yemen

Al Jazeera  

World Food Programme says it needs $737m to avert a famine in the war-torn country. Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations’s World Food Programme has said. The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the year to keep its …

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