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UNFPA rushes emergency supplies for cyclone-affected South-east Yemen
Sana’a, 15 October 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund is dispatching emergency supplies to assist communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Luban that hit Socotra island and coastal areas of south-east Yemen on Sunday.
In…
Mental health in Yemen: Save the Children speaks with children that survived August bus attack
"I feel my friend's pain and my pain. I don't feel anything else"
12-year-old Yemeni boy in severe distress following deadly school bus attack in Saada
A generation of children in need of mental health support to avert lifelong…
Outbreak update – Cholera in Yemen, 11 October 2018
14 October 2018 - The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen has reported 15201 suspected cases and 37 associated deaths during epidemiological week 38 (17 September – 23 September) in 2018. 14% are severe cases. The cumulative…
Desert Locust situation update 12 October 2018
Cyclone Luban approaches southern Arabian Peninsula
Cyclone Luban began forming over the Arabian Sea (northern Indian Ocean) on about 8 October and, since then, it has been moving slowly west towards the Arabian Peninsula with winds…
New Saudi airstrike hits bus carrying civilians in Yemen
A bus full of civilians was destroyed when the Saudi–led coalition targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeida. The latest bombing comes months after a coalition airstrike killed 40 children on a school trip.
At least 17…
QRCS Provides Supplies for Medical Center in Yemen
October 13th, 2018 ― Doha: Under its large-scale response to the humanitarian crisis in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has breathed life into the collapsing health sector in Sanaa.
A new plan is in progress to…
Yemen UNHCR Update, 21 September – 12 October 2018
Situation Update
According to the 17th report of the Task Force for Population Movement (TFPM), over 2.3 million people have been displaced by conflict in Yemen since March 2015. As of June 2018, more than one million individuals have…
Yemen Humanitarian Update Covering 28 September – 6 October 2018 | Issue 29
Key Issues:
The rapid depreciation of the Yemeni Rial has further increased the vulnerability of food insecure households.
Economic output has contracted by about 50 per cent since 2015. About 52 per cent of Yemenis now live on less…
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 12 October 2018…
Yemen
Our humanitarian colleagues in Yemen report that conflict has escalated over the last 24 hours in areas south of Hodeidah City with reports of increased air strikes, shelling and clashes mainly in Ad Duryahimi and At Tuhayta…
Saudi Arabia must halt air strikes in Yemen, says UN panel
The conflict in Yemen has been highlighted by a UN human rights committee which on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia to “put an end to the air strikes” against its southern neighbour, amid reports that they have resulted in the deaths of at least…