Yemen

OVERVIEW

This document provides an overview of the logistics services made available through the Logistics Cluster, how humanitarian actors responding to the crisis in the Republic of Yemen may access these services, and the conditions under which these services are to be provided.

Japan has contributed over $8 million (JPY 891,000,000) to back FAO's work on enhancing food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable households in conflict-ridden Yemen, which is facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

Half a million children displaced by fighting in Hodeidah in just six months

SANAA, 31 January 2019 – At least one in ten children across Yemen (1.5 million) have been forced from their homes because of the four-year-long brutal war, exposing them to serious risks including hunger, disease and violence, warns Save the Children.

Rafi is 18 months old, he lies listless on a bed in the only functioning hospital in the city of Abyan in Yemen. The little boy is severely malnourished and has been ill with diarrhoea for a month. His young mother fears she will not be able to keep him alive very much longer. She has already lost two sons and is desperate not to lose her third child, but with another one on the way, she knows she cannot afford to feed both. These are the impossible choices starving Yemenis are being forced to make!

Yemenis are experiencing the worst catastrophe in contemporary history. Julian, ACTED country director, reports on the humanitarian situation in an interview in January 2019.

Kuwait (ICRC) - Acting as a neutral humanitarian intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated the safe return of seven sick and injured Yemeni nationals from Saudi Arabia to Yemen. This follows the repatriation yesterday of a Saudi national from Sana'a to Riyadh.

The ICRC team left Riyadh to land in Khamis Mshait in Asir to meet the men. The team's doctor assessed their health conditions and needs. The seven Yemeni nationals were then transported directly from Khamis Mshait to Sana'a in the ICRC plane.

Highlights

Earlier this month in Yemen, five foreign experts working for the Saudi-funded Masam demining project were killed while transporting mines from the organisation’s headquarters in Marib. A mine they were carrying went off in the truck, causing a powerful blast that killed the five men and injured one (BBC, 22 January 2019).

The conflict in Yemen has escalated dramatically since nearly four years ago and is compounding an already severe protracted humanitarian crisis. Some 67 percent (20 million people) of the country’s total population of 29.9 million would be in need of urgent assistance to save their lives and livelihoods. The ongoing conflict has led to a severe economic decline and collapsed essential services, taking an enormous toll on the population and exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.

L’UNICEF lance un appel de 3,9 milliards de dollars É.-U. afin d’apporter une aide humanitaire d’urgence à 41 millions d’enfants touchés par des conflits ou des catastrophes

Des millions d’enfants n’ont pas accès à des services essentiels de protection de l’enfance

Dry and significantly hotter-than-normal conditions across Eastern Horn and South Sudan

Key Messages

• With the cessation of seasonal rains, January marked the onset of an atypically harsh dry season. Weather conditions are hotter-than-normal in parts of the equatorial and northern sectors in East Africa. South Sudan, parts of northern and eastern Kenya, central and southern Somalia, and Yemen are currently most significantly affected.

Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of remote violence have continued their upward trend since the beginning of January. At the same time, battles have consistently decreased within the same time period. Overall, reported fatalities from these events have decreased only slightly. These trends are mostly a result of actions within Syria and Yemen. Elsewhere, riots and protests have also decreased somewhat, most notably in Bahrain.

The conflict-driven humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been described as the largest emergency in the world, with more than 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Conflict has led to the internal displacement of 2.2 million people, left over 1 million public sector workers without pay for two years and undermined humanitarian access. An estimated 12 million Yemenis, including 2 million children, will be dependent on food assistance in 2019.

Millones de niños carecen de acceso a los servicios esenciales de protección de la infancia.

GINEBRA/NUEVA YORK, 29 de enero de 2019 – Millones de niños que viven en países afectados por conflictos y desastres carecen de acceso a servicios vitales de protección de la infancia, lo que pone en peligro su seguridad, su bienestar y su futuro, advirtió hoy UNICEF en su llamamiento de 3.900 millones de dólares para apoyar su labor en favor de la infancia en las crisis humanitarias.

ABU DHABI, 29th January, 2019 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has enhanced its humanitarian stature by supporting over 90 countries around the world.

The humanitarian crises in the Middle East and North Africa continue to affect a staggering number of people. More than 71 million vulnerable people, including over 35 million children, are in need of assistance. The conflicts in the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen, volatility in Libya and upsurges of violence in the State of Palestine are exposing children to extreme risks, including death, injury and displacement, as well as forced recruitment into armed groups and early marriage.

Sana’a / Addis Ababa – Approximately 350 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen are set to fly home this week under the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) latest Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight operation. Such airlifts resumed from Yemen in late November last year.

IOM is handling the logistics to ensure the safe departure of the migrants from Sana’a International Airport to Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. The beneficiaries will depart on chartered flights leaving today (29/01) and tomorrow (30/01).