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Senior UN rights official concludes visit to Yemen, urges warring parties to prevent renewed…
GENEVA/NEW YORK/SANAA (30 November 2018) – Ten days before the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a senior UN official has been telling leaders on all sides of the Yemen conflict that “virtually every article in…
Conflict shuts a third of schools in Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah
Over 60,000 children out of school
Statement attributable to Meritxell Relaño, UNICEF Representative in Yemen
SANA’A, 30 November 2018 – “More than 60,000 boys and girls are out of school because of the fighting in and around the port…
Hodeida: stockpiling emergency supplies as fresh bombs hit port
*Salem Jaffer Baobid, Islamic Relief’s Hodeida project coordinator, said: *
Last night there was fighting again, and I could hear bombing and heavy shelling in the direction of the port.
The last few days have been quieter, but no one…
Foodgrains Bank members respond to devastation in Yemen
Vulnerable families in Yemen suffering from extreme hunger will receive emergency food through a new project of Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
The project is led by Foodgrains Bank member ADRA Canada, and supported financially by other…
Media Adivsory: UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock Mission to Yemen
WHO: Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
WHAT: Mission to Yemen
WHEN: 29 November to 1 December 2018
WHERE: Sana’a and Aden
The UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock,…