Yemen
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Work like an ant and you’ll eat sugar.
— Yemeni proverb
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Millions at risk of malnutrition and disease in Yemen as health system collapses
Source: World Health Organization Country: YemenOnly 45% of health facilities in Yemen are fully functional and accessible, 38% are partially functional and 17% are non-functional. At least 274 of those facilities have been damaged or destroyed during the conflict.23 February 2017, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen - “Hospital staff have not received their salaries ...
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UN raises alarm over fighting on Yemen's west coast limiting access to vital supplies
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: YemenIncreased fighting along the Western Coast and greater restrictions of life-saving commodities, including food staples, into Al Hudaydah Port are aggravating an already terrible humanitarian situation in Yemen. Sana'a, 21 February 2017 Sana'a, 21 February 2017 I am deeply concerned with the escalation ...
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Funding crunch exacerbating Yemen “catastrophe” - UNHCR
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: YemenDeaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded.Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief ...
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Interview: Raila warns of protests if elections "rigged"
ODM leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday mass protests were possible if August elections were rigged, comments likely to scare Kenyans fearful of a repeat of the widespread violence that erupted after a disputed poll in 2007. Then, more than 1,200 people were killed in weeks of fighting after political ...
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Court throws IEBC 2017 poll calendar into disarray
Six months to the election, the IEBC could be forced to return to the drawing board, raising grave questions about timelines. It may have to restart key preparations for the August 8 poll, following a landmark court ruling on Monday that sent the commission into disarray. It declared illegal all ...
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All must respect court ruling on doctors, Duale tells 'scapegoating master' Raila
Raila Odinga has perfected the art of scapegoating with his interference in the jailing of doctors, Aden Duale has said. Raila, who is Opposition leader, said the month-long sentencing was "horrifying and disturbing" and that his lawyers would appeal judge Hellen Wasilwa's ruling. Wasilwa effected the sentence on Monday after ...
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Luca Saraceno tells how doctor wife died on Westlands road as crowd stared
At approximately 4:30 pm of Friday the 27th of January 2017, my wife, my best friend, the love of my life, Dr Eunice Songa-Saraceno, died like a hero. Aged 34, she died young and beautiful, like the heroes of the ancient myths; willing to change her Country she died fighting ...
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Civilians in Yemen caught between warring parties
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: YemenExtremely worrying reports suggest that civilians have been targeted, in violation of international humanitarian and human rights laws, in the south-western port of Al Mokha in Taizz Governorate.GENEVA (10 February 2017) – Extremely worrying reports suggest that civilians and civilian ...
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I made Duale MP, he was a nobody when I picked him, Raila tells Garissa
Raila Odinga has said he groomed Aden Duale for politics yet the Garissa Town MP has turned his back on him for Jubilee. The Cord leader said he picked the National Assembly Majority leader from Mombasa in 2007, when he was a "nobody". “I personally picked up Duale and took ...
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OCHA highlights 12 forgotten crises in urgent need of support
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, World, YemenEach received less than 40 per cent of the funding ...
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UN seeks $2.1 billion to help 12 million Yemenis
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen Country: Yemen"Without international support, [the people of Yemen] may face the threat of famine in ... 2017 and I urge donors to sustain and increase their support to our collective response,” said Stephen O’Brien, UN Humanitarian Chief. (Geneva, ...
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How NASA plans to share positions
NASA aims to work within the Constitution and will not, as suggested, create positions of Prime Minister and two deputies to share power and appease leaders of the alliance. Sources on the alliance's technical committee tell the Star the initial proposal on a PM and deputies' positions was opposed by ...
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Insecurity in Yemen threatens incoming refugees and migrants
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Ethiopia, Somalia, YemenThe UNHCR today launched a major campaign to highlight dangers to thousands of people – most from Ethiopia and Somalia – who continue to head to Yemen despite the raging conflict.UNHCR launches campaign to highlight dangers to thousands of people – most ...
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US suspends enforcement of travel ban, Department of Justice moves to appeal
The government on Saturday suspended enforcement of President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration ban and filed notice it would appeal a judge's order, plunging the new administration into a crisis that has challenged Trump's authority â€" and ability to fulfill campaign promises.The stand-down, a day after a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked ...
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White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban
Rebuffed in its bid for a quick reversal, the White House said Sunday it expected the courts to reaffirm President Donald Trump's executive power and reinstate a ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.The case promised to extend into Monday at least, when fresh ...
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Judge blocks Trump travel ban, White House to appeal
A Seattle federal judge on Friday put a nationwide block on US President Donald Trump's week-old executive order that had temporarily barred refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The judge's temporary restraining order represents a major setback for Trump's action, though the White House said late Friday that it believed the ...
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban nationwide
A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that Washington ...
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NYC small businesses close over Trump travel ban as protesters take to Rome’s streets
Hundreds of ethnic Yemenis have shuttered their small businesses in New York City in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. They include Manhattan deli owner Haron Zokari (ah-ROHN’ zoh-KAHR-ee’), who says his wife and baby are stuck in Yemen after almost completing a ...
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Amina election was Uhuru's personal project, capped poor foreign policy - MP Bosire
Amina Mohamed’s failed candidature for AUC chairperson was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s “personal investment”, Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has claimed. The Foreign Affairs CS Amina, 56, lost to Chad's Moussa Mahamat after heads of state voted in the seventh round. More on this: Amina loses African Union Commission chair vote ...
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Fighting worsens humanitarian crisis in Yemen's Taizz governorate
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Country: YemenThe Humanitarian Coordinator calls on all parties to the conflict to urgently ensure humanitarian partners have access to affected civilians in the Dhubab and Al Mokha districts. Sana'a, 31 January 2017 I am extremely concerned about the safety ...
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Duale now accuses Kofi Annan of manipulating AU elections
Aden Duale has accused former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan of having a hand in the outcome of the African Union Commission elections. The National Assembly Majority leader said Annan manipulated the results that saw Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed lose the AUC chairperson post to Chad's Moussa Mahamat. He ...