Civil society of Development and Freedoms

AFTER 1,300 DAYS OF WAR, YEMEN CAN’T WAIT

1300 days since the escalation of a war that has turned the Middle East’s poorest country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, leaving Yemen ravaged by preventable diseases and on the verge of a historic famine. Every ten minutes, …

THREE YEARS OF CONFLICT IN YEMEN: HAJA FATIMA’S STORY

As Yemen enters its fourth year of war this week, 22 million people ─ more than 80 percent of the population ─ are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 10,000 lives have been lost as a result of the conflict between Al Houthi…

The ‘Worst Famine in 100 Years’ Could be in Yemen: UN

The United Nations is warning that 13 million people in Yemen are facing starvation. It’s calling on the military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to halt air strikes which are killing civilians, and contributing to what the UN says could…

Saudi Arabia Deliberately Targeting Yemen’s Food Supply

Saudi Arabia has deliberately impaired Yemen’s food supply by systematically targeting the war-torn country’s fishing installations, fishermen, agricultural sites and other food related infrastructure, according to a report. The…

OCHA: About 31% of Yemeni Girls are Out of School

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 31% of Yemeni girls are out of school, according to a tweet of OCHA in Yemen on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl, which falls on…