More than 40 Somali refugees have been killed in an attack on a boat off the coast of Yemen while attempting to flee the country’s brutal civil war. Coastguard authorities in the Houthi rebel stronghold of Hodeida said a helicopter gunship attacked the vessel they were travelling on in the Red Sea. A Yemeni people …
2.2mn Yemeni children close to famine, 70% rise in those killed over past year – UNICEF
Children in Yemen are teetering between life and death, as 2.2 million suffer from acute malnutrition, while those killed by hostilities jumped 70 percent last year, UNICEF warned on the second anniversary of the war in the Middle East’s poorest country. Two years into the Yemeni conflict, children continue to suffer the consequences and will …
Cholera outbreak kills 532 in Yemen: WHO
At least 532 people have died since a cholera epidemic broke out in war-torn Yemen one month ago, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In a Twitter post on Wednesday, the WHO said more than 65,300 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded in 253 districts in the country. International organizations — including the …
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Yemeni children infected by cholera at rate of one every 35 seconds
The cholera outbreak in Yemen is escalating at an alarming rate, with experts warning that a child is now infected with the disease every 35 seconds, according to Save the Children. Grant Pritchard, the charity’s director in Yemen, warned the country is on “the verge of total collapse” as a combination of near-famine conditions and …
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Yemen: More than 50,000 children expected to die of starvation and disease by end of year
More than 50,000 children in Yemen are expected to die by the end of the year as a result of disease and starvation caused by the stalemated war in the country, Save the Children has warned. Seven million people are on the brink of famine in the country, which is in the grips of the …
War-torn Yemen faces new threat of deadly diphtheria outbreak, aid groups say
Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into a larger, deadly outbreak because so few people have been immunized, aid officials said on Wednesday. At highest risk are children, who account for many of the more than 280 suspected diphtheria cases and 33 associated …
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UN: 40 migrants drown on Yemen’s shores, 16 missing
The UN migration agency said on May 6, that 40 migrants have drowned and 16 others are being presumed dead as they are still missing in Yemen’s shores. “Tragedy struck migrants trying to cross from the Horn of Africa to find employment in Yemen and the Gulf, when their vessel capsized in high waves as it approached …
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A million more children face famine in Yemen
A further one million children are at risk of famine in Yemen, the charity Save the Children has warned. Rising food prices and the falling value of the country’s currency as a result of a civil war are putting more families at risk of food insecurity. But another threat comes from fighting around the key …
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Yemen at risk of big famine
Undersecretary for humanitarian affairs says clashes around Yemen’s Hodeidah have worsened the country’s food crisis. The United Nations humanitarian chief warns that Yemen is on the verge of widespread famine, with about half of the population completely relying on humanitarian aid for survival. Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said, “there is a …
Act now over Yemen conflict or share blame for mass famine
Yemen’s war of three-and-a-half years has killed at least 10,000 people and pushed the nation to the brink of the world’s worst famine in 100 years, leaving 14 million people — about half the country’s population — at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations. The United States will bear shared responsibility for what …
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