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At least 29 children killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen
On Thursday, August 9th 2018, a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus near a market in Dahyan city in the Houthi-controlled province of Saada, Yemen. At least 29 children were killed in the airstrike and a further 30 children…
Yemen Bus Attack Should Be Point of No Return
Strengthen UN Investigation into Laws-of-War Violations
Investigating the terrible toll that the war in Yemen is inflicting on civilians has become, sadly, a regular occurrence for human rights investigators.
We and others have…
Yemen’s healthcare in crisis: a doctor speaks out
“Here our job is human. I can’t leave it, I can’t stop.”
Dr Anisa, a doctor with British Red Cross partner the Yemen Red Crescent, speaks from a battered clinic in Sana’a, Yemen.
Once, she was a hospital specialist. The clinic was a…
INGOs in Yemen condemn horrific attacks in Sa’ada
International non-government organisations (INGOs) in Yemen strongly condemn horrific Coalition airstrikes on a bus transporting school children in Yemen yesterday. This bombing follows an unacceptable trend of attacks on civilians and…
Now is the time to stand in solidarity with the people of Yemen
Amman, 10 August - On 9 August, scores of people were killed by airstrikes that struck in Majz District, Sa’ada Governorate. The majority of victims are children aged 10 to 13 years who were travelling together on a bus.
“This is…
Yemen Humanitarian Update Covering 30 July – 9 August 2018 | Issue 23
KEY ISSUES:
• Violence in several governorates has killed tens of civilian, including children and women, and continues to displace thousands of other people.
• As of 05 August, 50,552 households have been displaced from Al Hudaydah…
Yemen: Monthly Situation Report No. 4 (July 2018)
Highlights:
RDP reached 45,766 beneficiaries disaggregated 15,179 men, 20,626 women, 4,808 boys and 5,153 girls through integrated package of Health, nutrition, WASH and Food Security Interventions in July, 2018.
Daily Nutritional…
Supporting children affected by conflict in Yemen
A country at war
Despite so much natural beauty in Yemen there are always reminders that this is a country at war – a war which has been so devastating to 22 million people. There are regular reminders of the conflict at different points…
Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is…
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
NEW YORK, 9 August 2018 – "The horrific attack on a bus in Sa'ada, Yemen, reportedly killing and maiming scores of children, marks a low point in the country's brutal war. The…
Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Yemen Falls Short
Lisa Schlein
GENEVA — More than one-quarter million people in Yemen have been immunized against cholera. But, the three-day oral cholera vaccination campaign, held by the World Health Organization and U.N. children's fund between August…