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YEMEN

Yemen is currently undergoing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world and is in danger of being wiped off the map completely. Since the conflict between the government and Houthis escalated in March 2015, Yemen's people have been trying to survive in the middle of a civil war. 24 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. This includes the two million children under the age of five suffering from malnutrition. In the midst of pandemics like COVID-19 and endemics such as cholera, only half of Yemen's health facilities are fully functioning and around 14 million Yemenis have little or no access to healthcare. Of those hospitals, many lack basic health equipment, including masks and gloves, that are essential to treating the ill.

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LEARNING RESOURCES

The Humanitarian Crisis

LEARNING RESOURCES

Background

In Pictures: Six years of war leaves Yemen almost unrecognisableYemenis reveal how six brutal years of air raids, mortars, gunfire, fear and destruction have devastated their lives.

Yemen: A Brief Background | unfoundation.org

War in Yemen | Global Conflict TrackerLearn about the world's top hotspots with this interactive Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The Civil War

Joe Biden looks to end the war in YemenHis decision may say more about America’s troubled relationship with Saudi Arabia | Middle East & Africa

Costly and critical: The battle for a key Yemeni city

Underage 'martyrs': Recruiting child soldiers in Yemen | DW | 10.07.2021In Yemen, families send their children to so-called summer camps. There, adolescents are given combat training and taught why they should fight for God. Both government forces and Houthi rebels use child soldiers.

The Humanitarian Crisis

Yemen Crisis ExplainedSix years of conflict have driven more than 4 million people from their homes and more than 20 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

‘Yemen can’t wait’, UN and partners warn in seeking $3.85 billion for humanitarian responseThe UN and its humanitarian partners are seeking $3.85 billion to reach 16 million people in Yemen this year, or nearly 80 per cent of the population, as the country descends deeper into crisis.

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UNMalnutrition in Yemen worsened in 2020 due to factors including coronavirus pandemic, global economic downturn.

COVID-19

Health Workers Abandoned in Yemen’s Covid-19 Fight

First Person: Yemen ‘cannot even afford to worry about the coronavirus’In Yemen, whose people are living through a long-running, brutal war, which has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 is far from being a top priority, says the top UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in the Arabian Peninsula country.

UAE sends vaccines to Yemeni islandsThe vaccines were sent to territory controlled by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council.

Yemeni Culture

The Culture Of YemenYemen is a nation in the Middle East with a rich and unique culture.

Yemen Activists Want to Preserve Country’s Beauty Beyond War

Yemen - AFS-USAYemeni Culture Yemen is a country of mountains, plains, and deserts. It covers an area approximately the size of California and Kentucky combined. The island is a UNESCO World Heritage…

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