300,000 people lose homes, incomes, food supplies and belongings due to catastrophic flooding in Yemen
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An estimated 300,000 people in Yemen have lost their homes, crops, livestock and...
For Yemenis on the brink, aid funding gap spells disaster
Already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis after years of conflict and mass displacement, aid cuts due to lack of funds and arrival of COVID-19 put millions of lives at risk. By Shadi Abusneida in Sana’a, Yemen Having suffered through more than five years of...
UNHCR: Shortfall threatens critical aid for nearly one million displaced Yemenis and refugees
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Nearly one million vulnerable displaced people and refugees in Yemen are at risk of...