Yemen
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Work like an ant and you’ll eat sugar.
— Yemeni proverb
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UN human rights chief urges accountability for violations in Yemen
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: YemenThe UN Human Rights Office has laid out a number of serious allegations of violations and abuses committed by all sides to the conflict in Yemen, highlighting in particular their impact on civilian lives, health and infrastructure. Arabic GENEVA (25 August 2016) ...
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Increasingly complex conflicts have devastating impact on children - UN
Source: UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Country: WorldThe impact on children of the collective failure to prevent and end conflict is severe, with regions in turmoil and violations against children intensifying in several conflicts, a new report indicates.23 Aug 2016 New York – In her annual report ...
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During July alone, UNICEF granted access to safe water to more than 32,000 people
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: YemenDespite challenges in humanitarian access, particularly in Taiz governorate and border locations, UNICEF and partners continued providing supplies across the country. Highlights: Yemen’s situation is negatively impacted by halt in the peace negotiation, ongoing hostilities and worsening economic situation. The escalated conflict, higher prices of fuel and basic ...
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States must end flow of weapons that fuels human suffering - ICRC
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: WorldThe vice-president of the ICRC has appealed for countries around the world to cease supplying arms and ammunition to parties to armed conflict who violate international humanitarian law.Geneva (ICRC) - The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appealed ...
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UN humanitarian chief renews call for 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab Republic"In Aleppo we risk seeing a humanitarian catastrophe unparalleled in the over five years of bloodshed and carnage in the Syrian conflict," warned the humanitarian chief. Mr. President, I would like to begin by saluting the life of Khaled Omar ...
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Closure of Yemen’s main airport puts millions of people at risk
Source: Danish Refugee Council, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Norwegian Refugee Council, INTERSOS, CARE, Mercy Corps, Handicap International, Action Contre la Faim, Oxfam, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, Global Communities Country: Yemen12 aid agencies today called on the Saudi-led coalition to lift restrictions on Yemeni airspace to allow humanitarian ...
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Return to full-scale hostilities drives humanitarian needs further - Humanitarian Coordinator
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Country: YemenThe people of Yemen continue to bear the brunt of the suffering as a result of the inability of the parties to find a political solution to a conflict that has been raging for more than ...
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UNHCR seeks extra $115 million to facilitate refugee returns from Kenya
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, YemenAdditional funds needed to ensure a safe, dignified, voluntary return and sustainable reintegration of the approximately 400,000 Somali refugees from Kenya. INTRODUCTION More than 2 million Somalis continue to endure protracted situations of displacement, which have lasted for more than two ...
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UN, Iran raise concerns over renewed Yemen violence
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Yemen"The reported escalation in fighting exacerbates the already dire humanitarian and human rights situation and the suffering of the Yemeni people," said UN deputy spokesman in New York.Sanaa, Yemen | AFP | Wednesday 8/10/2016 - 18:26 GMT Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched fresh air strikes against Shiite rebels ...
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Yemen: 500 days of conflict leave the country in worst crisis ever
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council Country: YemenNorwegian Refugee Council urges leaders to reach an agreement at Yemen Peace Talk and warns "time is running out" as the disastrous milestone approaches. Yemen peace talks Tomorrow marks 500 days since the escalation of conflict in Yemen—a disastrous milestone for the millions of Yemeni civilians under attack, ...
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Algeria calls on Yemenites to give precedence to country's high interests
ALGIERS- Algeria on Monday urged the conflicting Yemenite parties to give precedence to the country's high interests to reach an inclusive, consensual, political solution, wishing that inter-Yemenite peace talks would manage to bring together the people of Yemen. The spokesman of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, ...
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Six richest countries host about nine per cent of refugees – Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Country: Afghanistan, Burundi, China, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, World, YemenIn sharp contrast, Jordan, Turkey, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Pakistan and Lebanon host more ...
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Situation in Taiz remains critical - MSF
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: YemenAn increase in fighting in March, April and May necessitated the treatment of around 1,700 war wounded alone – most of the wounded coming from within the city where many civilians are caught in the middle of intense fighting.Overview There has been a significant decrease in the ...
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Capping the humanitarian segment, ECOSOC adopts text urging better protection of people trapped in crisis, aid workers
Source: UN Economic and Social Council Country: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldBy the resolution, the Council condemned all attacks and threats humanitarian personnel, expressing deep concern at the consequences of such attacks for the provision of aid.ECOSOC/6778 2016 Session, 33rd & 34th Meetings (AM & PM) Economic and ...
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Floods subside in Somalia but impact remains
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: SomaliaNearly 70 per cent of the 70,000 people affected by flooding have begun to return to their homes but some remain displaced as their shelters have been destroyed or remain waterlogged. HIGHLIGHTS Floods subside in Belet Weyne but impact remains Cholera outbreak continues Gu rainy ...
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Severe food insecurity widespread in Yemen
Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization Country: YemenThe latest IPC analysis confirms that over half the country's population is living in "crisis" or "emergency" levels of food insecurity and the situation is likely to deteriorate if conflict persists.Situation expected to deteriorate if fighting continues – over half of the ...
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A record 65 million people displaced at the end of 2015
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World, YemenConflict and persecution caused global forced displacement to escalate sharply, reaching the highest level ever recorded and ...
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2016 Global Peace Index shows the gap between the most and least peaceful countries continues to widen
Source: Institute for Economics and Peace Country: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Iraq, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World, YemenThe 2016 Global Peace Index (GPI) shows the world became less peaceful in the last year. The most peaceful countries continue to improve while the least peaceful fall into ...
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Food insecurity spreads as El Niño casts its shadow over Pacific and Caribbean states
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Country: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, ...
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Yemen rebel delegation in Saudi Arabia for talks: Minister
A delegation of Shiite Houthi rebels from Yemen is holding talks in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said April 4, ahead of a planned ceasefire and renewed Yemeni peace negotiations