English News and Press Release on Yemen about Recovery and Reconstruction and Epidemic; published on 15 Jul 2020 by USAID …
UN official: Catastrophe looming from oil tanker off Yemen
The U.N. environment chief said Wednesday that “time is running out” to avert an environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe from a deteriorating oil tanker loaded with …
UN fears ‘catastrophe’ if Yemen oil tanker ruptures
The United Nations held an unusual session Wednesday to express fears of “catastrophe” if a decaying oil tanker abandoned off Yemen’s coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board ruptures into the …
UN Warns of Environmental Time Bomb Off Yemen’s Coast
The United Nations warned Wednesday that an old, neglected oil tanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast is at risk of causing an environmental “catastrophe” if its experts cannot immediately attend to …
Air strikes kill civilians in Yemen’s al-Jawf province
Air raids by Saudi-led coalition hit residential homes in northern al-Hazm district, killing women and children.
UN says migrants in Yemen stranded, abused amid coronavirus fears
At least 14,500 African migrants, mostly Ethiopians, blamed for the coronavirus, rounded up and forcibly moved.
UN: Migrants in Yemen are blamed for virus, stranded, abused
Over the course of Yemen’s civil war, African migrants determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia have endured unspeakable cruelties – torture, rape, detention, extortion – …
COVID-19 Increases Risks for Tens of Thousands of Ethiopian Migrants Stranded in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration said tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen are in fear for their lives as COVID-19 spreads throughout the country and …
The Latest: Yemen’s Houthi rebels ease virus restrictions
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are easing a variety of coronavirus restrictions amid a news blackout on the virus’ toll in their territory.
Yemen war: Tortured for supporting the ‘wrong’ side
They are just a handful of those left in anguish by some of the hundreds of forced disappearances of their loved ones in Yemen, a country in which rebels and pro-government forces have been at war …