Yemen

Maghrabah district in Hajjah governorate in Yemen is one of 11 districts in the country with famine-like conditions.
© WFP/Mohammed Awadh

Millions in Yemen ‘a step away from starvation’

22 September 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The crisis in Yemen, now in its seventh year of war, continues unabated, with thousands of people displaced and millions “a step away from starvation”, the UN Humanitarian Relief Coordinator said on Wednesday during a high-level side event on the margins of the 76th General Assembly.

An elderly woman drags water back to her tent in a displacement camp in Abs, near the Saudi border in northern Yemen.
UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’ – UN envoy

10 September 2021
Peace and Security

The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday, adding that he was “under no illusions about the difficulty of the task” at hand.

The Faj Attan neighbourhood in Yemen is regularly hit by airstrikes. Most of the population has left.
UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

Yemen: ‘Climate of fear’ grows, all sides to blame, say rights experts

8 September 2021
Human Rights

There has been no let-up in more than six years of conflict in Yemen, as a growing “climate of fear” among civilians continues, a panel of UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.

Humanitarian needs in Yemen continue to grow in the conflict-ridden country.
© WFP/ Mohamemd Nasher

Shelter needs soar for displaced in Yemen’s Marib region

24 August 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian needs, including a lack of shelter, are soaring among displaced communities, as fighting continues in Yemen’s Marib governorate, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.

The conflict in Yemen has forced millions of people to flee their homes for temporary camps.
© UNICEF/Hisham Al-Helali

No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council

23 August 2021
Peace and Security

No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its seventh year, a senior UN official for the Middle East region told the Security Council on Monday. 

People in rural parts of Yemen are suffering from extreme hunger.
UNDP Yemen

Yemen: New World Bank funds offer lifeline to most vulnerable

29 July 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Three UN agencies on Thursday welcomed $127 million in new funding from the World Bank to provide lifesaving support to some of the country’s most hard hit rural families, struggling under the impact of multiple crises.
 

Meeting at Hudaydah Port, Yemen. (file)
UN Photo

Yemen: Health, environment and economy remain under threat from stricken oil tanker 

3 June 2021
Peace and Security

There has been no further investigation into the state of the FSO Safer, a stricken tanker anchored just 4.8 nautical miles off the Yemen coast, meaning the risk of a massive oil leak continues to grow with each passing day, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.  

A person living with AIDS at the ART clinic, in Aden, Yemen
IOM/Majed M.

FROM THE FIELD: providing hope for those living with HIV in Yemen

11 April 2021
Health

Living with HIV in Yemen, a country mired in a seemingly interminable conflict, is particularly challenging, with medical supplies hard to come by, and only around half of all health facilities fully operational.

A girl walks through the rubble of war in Sana'a, Yemen.
UNFPA

Guterres welcomes Saudi peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen

23 March 2021
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday welcomed the announcement by Saudi Arabia of steps aimed at helping end the fighting and restart the political process in Yemen.

Across Yemen, over 11 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
UNICEF

Eight children killed this month, as fighting intensifies in Yemen: UNICEF

20 March 2021
Peace and Security

The brutal conflict in Yemen continues to exact a devastating toll on children, with at least eight killed and a further 33 injured in attacks since the beginning of March, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday.