The United States is investigating a report that Saudi Arabia killed “hundreds” of migrants. Human Rights Watch said border guards in Saudi Arabia killed scores of migrants in Yemen. The Biden …
Medical charity MSF loses contact with two employees in Yemen
DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said on Monday it had lost contact with two of its employees in Yemen. The workers – a German and a …
Five bidders in race for Oman’s $650m “truck road”
Five companies are in the running to construct a “truck road” near Oman’s border with Yemen, business website Zawya reports.
Five bidders in race for Oman’s $650m “truck road”
Five companies are in the running to construct a “truck road” near Oman’s border with Yemen, business website Zawya reports.
Yemen’s upstream struggle for economic development continues
As one of the poorest Arab nations, Yemen’s per capita income currently stands at a mere $300. According to UN figures, the country’s poverty rate was 27 percent in 1998. Despite a host of …
Washington lifts efforts to deter illegal trafficking of Yemen artefacts
Washington is cracking down on the illegal trafficking of stolen and looted artefacts from Yemen, which has been ravaged by nearly nine years of civil war. Assistant secretary of state for educational …
The Countries That Helped Devastate Yemen Must Take Responsibility for Its Reconstruction
whose perspectives should be at the forefront of all analyses and recommendations regarding Yemen. In one interview, a hotel worker implored the coalition countries to “fix our country [and] give us …
The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding
When civil war broke out in 2015, a leaky oil tanker in the Red Sea became a crisis point – triggering a nail-biting series of events that saw special negotiations between the Houthi rebels and …
Yemeni gov’t launches payment reform to combat corruption
Yemen has been embroiled in a devastating civil war since 2014, with the Houthi rebels fighting against the government and its allies. The war disrupted Yemen’s food supply chain and caused widespread …
UN envoy warns resumption of war remains threat in Yemen unless parties reach new cease-fire deal
The United Nations’ top official in Yemen warns that the Arab world’s poorest country will remain a powder keg for renewed war unless its rival factions work out a new cease-fire deal …