News Monitor

The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 3 from 3)

WHO launches urgent AWD response project in Yemen amid escalating outbreak

ReliefWeb Headlines

Country: Yemen Source: World Health Organization

Since mid-March, Yemen has seen a dramatic surge in AWD cases. With heavy seasonal rains affecting already fragile water and sanitation systems, each day currently brings 500 to 1,000 new cases.


Funding shortfall and threats to humanitarians undermine response in Yemen

ReliefWeb Headlines

Country: Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Without sufficient access and programming, food insecurity and malnutrition will continue to surge. A staggering one in two children under five are estimated to be experiencing malnutrition or stunting.


Funding shortfall and threats to humanitarians undermine response in Yemen

ReliefWeb Headlines

Country: Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Without sufficient access and programming, food insecurity and malnutrition will continue to surge. A staggering one in two children under five are estimated to be experiencing malnutrition or stunting.


Yemen: UN envoy warns of threat of return to ‘full-fledged war’ as regional tensions escalate

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

Yemen is at risk of returning to full-scale war and the international community has a common interest and responsibility to stop this from happening, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council on Tuesday. 

IOM says 49 migrants dead, 140 missing in shipwreck off Yemen coast

ReliefWeb Headlines

Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen Source: International Organization for Migration

The vessel carrying 260 migrants capsized yesterday (10 June) near Alghareef Point in Shabwah governorate. Among those that lost their lives in the devastating tragedy are 31 women and six children.


Yemen: UN chief demands release of aid workers held by Houthis

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for the immediate release of all United Nations staff held in Yemen by the de facto Houthi authorities, following the detention of 13 of the Organization’s personnel. 

Landmines continue to kill and cause serious injuries to civilians in Yemen

ReliefWeb Headlines

Country: Yemen Source: Human Rights Watch

Greater international assistance is urgently needed to equip and assist clearance personnel to systematically survey and clear mines and explosive remnants of war from Yemen.


UN agency chiefs condemn Saudi-coalition led air strike that killed dozens in western Yemen

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

The UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, and the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, have condemned the deadly air strike in Hudaydah governorate, in western Yemen, that killed at least 26 children and four women on Thursday.

UN chief condemns air strike that hit school bus in northern Yemen, killing scores of children

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday condemned an air strike by pro-Yemini Government coalition forces, which killed scores of children who were on board a bus travelling through a busy market area in the northern province of Saada. 

UN targets half a million Yemenis in battle-scarred Hudaydah with cholera vaccine - UNICEF

UN News: Humanitarian Aid

Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading fast in the Houthi-held port city of Hudaydah; a target of continued air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition to regain control of the city.