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2 April 2013 - 4:37pmHundreds of thousands of people in northern Yemen remain displaced due to the region’s ongoing conflict. They are unable to return home due to the threat of landmines, massive destruction to infrastructure, such as homes, and the lack of access to basic services. “Life is tough here,...
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27 September 2012 - 2:35pmOne million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict are living in temporary shelters and public buildings. The political crisis and armed conflict have led to a breakdown in public services, leaving more than 5 million people without access to basic...
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17 April 2012 - 3:24pmDeputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg today called on the international community to help millions of people in Yemen facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, as she ended a two-day visit to Sana’a. The World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have...
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6 April 2012 - 12:57amEight-year-old Sabry and his family fled conflict in Yemen’s Abyan region last year and sought refuge in Aden. They needed a safe place and better protection, especially for Sabry who is disabled. More than 200,000 people from Abyan have been displaced by the conflict between armed groups and the...
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27 March 2012 - 9:59pmThe UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated almost US$5 million to support a national immunization campaign to protect 7.9 million Yemeni children under age 10 from a deadly measles outbreak. Measles has re-emerged in epidemic proportions in Yemen, claiming the lives of more than 155...





