Yemen

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. 

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. 

The IPNA immigrant holding facility in Sana'a, Yemen has suffered from overcrowding. (file)
United Nations

Yemen: UN migration agency calls for urgent humanitarian access after ‘horrific’ fire  

8 March 2021
Migrants and Refugees

The UN migration agency (IOM) on Monday called for “urgent humanitarian access” to an overcrowded migrant detention centre in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, where a deadly fire reportedly led to multiple deaths at the facility at the weekend. 

A woman, carrying her child who suffers from severe malnutrition and health complications, walks to a health centre in Hudaydah governorate, Yemen.
UNICEF/Taha Almahbashi

Yemen: UN ceasefire monitoring mission condemns attack on civilians in Hudaydah

1 March 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA), on Sunday, strongly condemned an attack in Yemen that killed five civilians, including a woman and child. 

Some displaced people in Yemen have become scapegoats for the COVID-19 pandemic.
© UNHCR/Jean-Nicolas Beuze

First Person: Yemen ‘cannot even afford to worry about the coronavirus’

28 February 2021
Humanitarian Aid

In Yemen, whose people are living through a long-running, brutal war, which has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 is far from being a top priority, says the top UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in the Arabian Peninsula country.