... Schmerzhafte Erinnerungen an den Krieg in Taiz – Jemen unter der Last der globalen Inflation – Die jemenitische Diaspora – und mehr
November 28, 2022: Why Yemen’s Truce Collapsed – From Warlords to Statelords: Armed Groups and Power Trajectories in Libya and Yemen – Yemen in Crisis: The Houthis – No Woman Will Travel Alone – Painful Memories of the War in Taiz – Bracing for Impact: Yemen Under the Brunt of Global Inflation – The Yemeni Diaspora – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-832b-yemen-war-mosaic-832b
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp9b Beziehungen der USA zu Saudi-Arabien und den VAE / US-Saudi and UAE relations
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
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Audio: Jemen - eine vergessene humanitäre Katastrophe - Hörenswertes im Bistum Erfurt
Der Islam- und Politikwissenschaftler sowie Menschenrechtsreferent bei missio Aachen, Markus Draser, gibt fundierte Einblicke in die aktuelle Situation des Jemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYDlhlmCt7M
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
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Why Yemen’s Truce Collapsed
At the moment, the Houthis believe they have more to gain from war than peace.
In large part this is because the international community and the Yemeni actors saw the truce differently. For the international community, the truce was supposed to be a first step toward Grundberg’s goal of a permanent cease-fire, which would then set the stage for a comprehensive peace agreement. For the Yemeni actors, particularly the Houthis, the truce was never anything more than a strategic pause that would allow them to regroup.
In April, when the truce was implemented, the Houthis were struggling to recover from a succession of losses on the battlefield.
The beginning of the truce also came at an opportune time for the U.N.-recognized Yemeni government. At the time, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi was still president, but within a week of the truce, Hadi was unceremoniously pushed out by Saudi Arabia and replaced by a fractious eight-man council. This Presidential Leadership Council, which was largely selected by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, was intended to form a sort of Yemeni “Team of Rivals.”
For the newly formed council, then, the extensions of the truce on June 2 and August 2 made sense. Like the Houthis, the council needed time to organize, coordinate, and cooperate. Not surprisingly, however, that didn’t happen.
Grundberg made a valiant effort in late September and early October to extend the truce yet again, asking the parties for six more months.
As soon as Grundberg made his suggestion, the Houthis countered by demanding that the pool of civil servants be expanded to include police, security, and military forces, essentially asking the Yemeni government to pay the salaries of the soldiers it was fighting. Lenderking called the demand “maximalist and impossible.” But the Houthis held their ground and the truce expired.
Two weeks later, according to Abdulghani Al-Iryani of the Sanaa Center, Saudi Arabia dangled another carrot, inviting the Houthis for direct talks in Riyadh. Like the civil servant salaries, direct talks with Saudi Arabia had long been on the Houthis’ list of demands. But just as with Grundberg’s proposal, the Houthis pocketed the offer and countered by demanding Saudi Arabia lift all sanctions and pay all salaries, including those of the security and military personnel, as a precondition for talks.
Not surprisingly, the talks didn’t happen.
As both of these instances make clear, the Houthis are not interested in extending the truce or using it as a building block for a more comprehensive settlement. During the summer they viewed the truce as in their best interests, just as now they see the continuation of the conflict as the best way to achieve their goals.
At the moment, the Houthis believe they have more to gain from war than peace – by Gregory D. Johnsen
https://agsiw.org/why-yemens-truce-collapsed/
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From Warlords to Statelords: Armed Groups and Power Trajectories in Libya and Yemen
Table of Contents
Introduction, Paolo Magri - ISPI Executive Vice President
1. LIBYA AND YEMEN’S WARLORDS: NEOPATRIMONIALISM UNDER A NEW GUISE
Eleonora Ardemagni - ISPI and Catholic University of Milan
2. THE LORDS OF WAR IN THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL SYSTEM
Vanda Felbab-Brown - Brookings Institution
3. ARMED GROUPS, OIL REVENUE AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
3.1 Libya’s Shadow Statelords: War, Peace and the Predation of the Oil Sector, Anas El-Gomati - Sadeq Institute
3.2 Old Elites and New Armed Groups: The Scramble Over Yemen’s Oil Reserves Continues, Ahmed al-Shargabi, Mareike Transfeld - Yemen Policy Center
4. ARMED GROUPS, SMUGGLING AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING
4.1 The Lifeblood of Libya: Armed Groups’ Normalisation of a Thriving Smuggling Economy, Amanda B. Kadlec - King's College London
4.2. Yemen: Militarised Borders Strengthen Smuggling Networks, Ahmed Nagi - Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
5. LIBYA AND YEMEN’S GOVERNANCE OF MARITIME BOUNDARIES
5.1 How Mafiaisation Destabilises Libya’s Economy and Migration Control, Tarek Megerisi - European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
5.2 Yemen’s Coastal Lords: The Economics of “Multi-Governed” Maritime Boundaries, Eleonora Ardemagni - ISPI and Catholic University of Milan
CONCLUSIONS: HOW MILITIAS BECAME PROTO-GOVERNMENTS
Armed groups play a central role in Libya and Yemen. Pervading weak and contested institutions, they have gradually brought their survival, profit and governance strategies under the state umbrella: warlords have become the new lords of the state. Armed groups control most of the energy revenues, critical infrastructure, smuggling and illicit trafficking. Their leaders are multifaceted: they are simultaneously military commanders, tribal chiefs, politicians and businessmen.
Combining comparative analysis and case studies, this Report sheds light on the “economic face” of the armed groups and their power trajectories. How do armed groups build networks of profit and loyalty in the territories they hold? How does clientelism mark a continuity trend with former authoritarian regimes?
Key Research Findings
Armed groups have built clientelist mechanisms at the local level (‘armed neopatrimonialism’), as former regimes used to do on a national scale, thus exchanging revenues and benefits for loyalty;
Libya and Yemen’s contemporary warlords are patrons and clients at the same time: patrons with respect to the local inhabitants of controlled territories, to whom they arbitrarily allocate revenues, licenses and jobs; yet, clients of external state powers on whom they depend – with nuances – for financial, military and training support;
Warlords often rely upon an increased political legitimacy. This comes from top-down recognition by legitimate institutions and/or international stakeholders, and by growing leverage at community level, in education and religious bureaucracies;
As long as armed leaders monopolise economic relations in Libya and Yemen, imagining an actual transformation from a conflict to a postconflict economy is simply unrealistic.
Armed Groups and Energy Fields, Revenues and Infrastructure
In Yemen both formal and informal economies heavily depend on crude oil export. For this reason, the old élites, de facto authorities and rogue armed groups are now scrambling to control oil reserves, while seeking to dominate the import of oil derivatives;
In Yemen the internal race to control oil resources has accelerated since the 2015 war, further eroding the boundaries between formal and informal players: consequently, the network of economic loyalties is now cutting across the state and the non-state domain;
In Yemen the conflict focus is now the creation of an economic base allowing armed groups to support governance structures – and not only military operations – while preventing others from doing so. This trend will continue to weaken state structures, also favouring new conflict dynamics in energy-rich governorates
Armed Groups, Smuggling and Trafficking
In Yemen the Saudi-led coalition engaging in the country since 2015 also aims to control its land and maritime borders, thus preventing rival forces from reaching, seizing and profiting from these strategic areas;
In Yemen’s border areas, human trafficking and goods smuggling already existed before the 2015 war. However, the following militarisation of land and maritime borders has strengthened smuggling networks due to the economic role played by armed groups.
Armed Groups and the Governance of Maritime Boundaries
In Yemen the governance of maritime boundaries is multi-governed: armed groups – with varying degrees of opposition to, or alliance with, the internationally recognised government – control most of the country’s coastline, port cities and islands, profiting from fees, customs duties and smuggling networks;
In Yemen the role of these ′’coastal lords’ further disempower the (re) building of an effective and de-politicised Yemen Coast Guard (YCG), whose anti-Houthi units have shifted their operative focus from counterterrorism to anti-smuggling operations;
In Yemen externally driven projects for the YCG are likely to prioritise foreign powers’ interests, while neglecting local development and security concerns. This approach would pave the way for strengthening warlords’ economies, rather than containing them – by Eleonora Ardemagni and Federica Saina Fasanotti
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[Pro-Houthi] Film: Yemen in Crisis: The Houthis” documentary released on Ahlulbayt Originals
The Houthis have been at the forefront of the conflict in Yemen, labelled by the UN as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in modern history. Who are the Houthis and what are their political ambitions? This documentary explores the history of the Houthis and the role they have played in resisting the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tn_4H2ZQxU&t=1s
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What’s behind the Houthis’ repeated attacks in south Yemen?
The truce seems far in the rearview as the primary focus of the rebels’ ire today appears to be unpaid public salaries.
Ahmed Al-Ozaib, a public servant in Sanaa, explained that the Houthis are attacking oil ports in order to prevent the Presidential Leadership Council from selling oil until the salaries of all public servants are paid from the oil revenues.
“The Houthis are attempting to avoid a revolt of government employees under their control by demanding the Presidential Leadership Council pay salaries from revenues [gathered from] Sanaa airport, Hodeidah port, telecommunications, and taxes,” Al-Ozaib told Responsible Statecraft.
The two month UN-mediated truce went into force in April and was extended twice. UN efforts to expand and extend the truce for another six months failed, and the deadline to renew it on October 2 passed without agreement after the Houthis demanded payment for both military and civil servants’ salaries and pensions.
The UN’s proposal included the payment of teachers, nurses, and other civil servants in Houthi-held areas but not members of the military, as the Houthis demanded. U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking described the Houthis’ demands as “maximalist and impossible” but said he was confident an agreement could be reached if the group showed flexibility.
“War can end when both warring parties surrender their narrow interests to the Yemeni people, most of whom are struggling to find daily food,” said Al-Ozaib.
“The leaders of warring parties have become warlords, and it’s hard to convince a warlord to give up his interests. That is the status quo in Yemen. The key to ending the war is for warlords to surrender their interests.”
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels’ attack on the Ash Shihr oil port on October 21 pushed the Saudi-backed government to formally designate the Houthis a “terrorist group” on October 22, after nearly eight years of war.
Mohammed Gholais, a political analyst based in Sanaa, said the Houthis’ attacks on oil ports are military escalation but “if the Yemeni people want an end to the war, Parliament should pass a resolution to dissolve all Yemeni warring sides and prevent their leaders and members from taking part in political life.”
“However, the problem is that our Parliament is divided into one with Al-Houthi and another with Al-Alimi,” Gholais told Responsible Statecraft. In addition, Yemen’s parliament meets rarely
It appears unlikely the Houthi attacks will trigger a Saudi response. The Houthis stopped targeting Saudi oil facilities after the truce went into effect on April 2, and reports have emerged of Houthi negotiations with Saudi Arabia.
“In the second week of October, the Saudi government made a bold proposal to the Houthis,” said Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani, a researcher at Sana’a Center For Strategic Studies. “They invited the nominal leader of the de facto authorities in Sana’a, Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme Political Council and Supreme Commander of the armed forces, to visit Riyadh, meet Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and discuss a peace deal.”
“This was the breakthrough that the Houthis have been working for since they overthrew the internationally recognized government in 2014,” added Al-Iryani.
“It seems the Houthis are in direct talks with the Saudis now or have reached a deal to prevent the two sides’ cross border attacks. Now the Houthis are attacking Al-Alimi government positions in south Yemen until they reach a deal with it on the payment of salaries,” Gholais told Responsible Statecraft.
“Now the differences are between the Houthis and the legitimate government over paying the salaries,” he added.
“The international community should continue to exert pressure on the Yemeni warring sides, in particular Houthis, to end the war,” noted Gholais. “Ending the war should be in the interest of all sides.” – by Naseh Shaker
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/11/21/whats-behind-the-houthis-repeated-attacks-in-south-yemen/ = https://thefrontierpost.com/yemen-truce-seems-far-in-the-rearview/
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Yemen: No Woman Will Travel Alone
Male guardianship for women wanting to travel was something that would never happen in Yemen. It was something that Yemeni women would only see from afar in neighboring Saudi Arabia. Yet today, even as male guardianship has ended in Saudi Arabia, the Houthi Movement in Yemen has imposed exactly that on women living in areas under control of the armed group.
A few months ago, the Houthi Movement issued an order addressing transport companies, as well as the Sana’a InternationalAirport to ban any woman from traveling unless she is accompanied by a male guardian (mahram) for the duration of the trip, whether inside Yemen or abroad.
This new restriction onwomen has been in the making for quite a while. Daraj was in fact one of the first publications reporting on the issue in early 2019.
Since then, earlier this month, Yemeni journalist Widad al-Badawi posted on her Facebook page that the guardianship rule had been changed. Instead of physically bringing a male guardian with them, women are permitted to travel, but need a written approval note – paperwork that still represents a grueling and discriminative process.
Recently, I took part in a closed virtual meeting with women’s rights advocates, both based in Yemen and in the diaspora. The women inside the country spoke about the humiliating treatment women face at security checkpoints, and being deprived of their freedom of movement.
One woman, who asked to remain anonymous for her own safety, said that in some towns under Houthi control, women are even banned from walking down the streets without a mahram. In the city of Hajjah even women going to the hospital were asked to bring a mahram.
During the online meeting one female lawyer told us about a woman who had been detained by the Houthis for three days for attempting to travel without a mahram.
Under Houthi rule, there have been unprecedented violations of women’s rights. Having worked in the field of human rights for some 15 years, I have never come across such horrific cases, varying from violent crackdowns on protests to detention, torture and sexual violence while in detention
The United Nations’ Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen in 2020 identified “a Houthi network involved in the repression of women who oppose the Houthis, including through the use of sexual violence.”
In the eyes of Houthis, women’s visibility by default represents a threat to the movement. Women are a threat, especially when they are educated and have access to the international community.
In the absence of any leverage from the internationally recognized government of Yemen over the Houthi Movement, women under its control’s only option is to plea with the international community, which includes western diplomats and human rights organizations, to put pressure on the Houthi armed group to end the mahram rule – by Afrah Nasser
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Painful memories of the war in Taiz
They were long and dreary nights
We awoke one night, to the sound of windows rattling and smashing. The entire city was lit up in red. We had no idea what was going on at the moment. I run to my younger siblings and hugged them. We all went to the inner room that did not face the street.
It was as if we were on the Day of Judgment, when a missile hit the place, bringing in total darkness and turning off the electricity. We could only hear the launching sound of the missile and then its explosion on the mountain, along with the screams of women and children inside the houses located below the mountain, where some rocks fell on them.
In a horrifying spectacle that resembled Resurrection, some residents ran away without even being able to get dressed. We assumed that this bombing would end after a few days. We were not able to leave the house that day because of the risk of bombings.
Communications to the city were cut off, as well as electricity. Two days later, the bombing targeted other areas. That was in early March 2015. The bombing hit an area near my uncle’s house, which sustained some damage, but none of his family was hurt. On the same day, they fled to our house, which seemed to be safe, at least from the bombing of the coalition aircraft.
Both electricity and the city’s communications were cut. The attacks changed their target two days later. It was at the beginning of March 2015. My uncle’s house was located in the area of the bombing, and although it was damaged, no one in his family was wounded. They escaped to our home that same day, where they appeared to be safe—at least from the coalition’s airstrikes.
We all gathered at the house, where the boys stayed upstairs, the women on the second floor, and the men on the first. With the passage of time, the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) took control of several areas outside of the city, and the siege appeared to worsen. There was no running water or electricity. The higher the house, the higher the cost of water. Furthermore, there was a lack of flour, vegetables, and fruits because such items were not permitted to enter the city. As a result, my father had to travel to the Bir Basha area to bring them.
The oppressive siege strengthened its grip with each passing day, and the city resembled an abandoned village. Famine began to appear in most houses. Some of my relatives chose to flee to Ibb governorate and later to Sana’a. Me, my parents, and my younger brothers were the only ones who remained in the house. They were long and dreary nights.
Due to the blockade put on the city, all clinics were closed, and pharmacies ran out of the medicine essential for my mother. It was the day of my mother’s follow-up meeting with the doctor. So, my sister in Sana’a got the medicine despite its high cost and send it with a traveler or through transport agencies that were also set to close and suspend their services.
The electricity went out for the first three days at the beginning of April 2015. We thought it would be matter of days, as my father’s medications need to be kept cold in the fridge. However, the electricity has gone forever, so the medicines spoiled. The first ten days passed with us being inside our old houses that shook and their windows smashed and scattered.
My uncle was killed and his daughters left the city, leaving behind the miserable lives of war. As for the bombing, it stopped for a day or two while the movement started in the city and people left their homes. Then this treacherous behavior resumed its practices, without notice. The attacks of the coalition aircraft were also a cause for great worry, in addition to the snipers deployed in the Hills.
In mid-April 2015, my father got injured his right eye by a bullet shrapnel entered his room window. He was bleeding and I stood helpless, although he tried to hold himself together telling me that he would be fine so that I wouldn’t collapse. This incident has not left my mind until now.
My sister and I rushed to take my father to a hospital that was crowded and full of wounded. There was blood splattered all over, while doctors and nurses were trying to examine and treat the wounded in the hospital yard. I was praying with all my heart that we would find an unoccupied doctor to treat my father. I wished that everything we were going through was just a nightmare.
On the morning of Eid al-Adha (2015), as the people flocked to the city square to pray Eid, snipers began targeting them from all directions. When we wanted to move about our rooms, we lied down on the floor or crawl like animals. Yes, the war turned our lives into this primitive form of living. We used to go to bed immediately after the evening prayer and wake up at the dawn prayer. Every day was worse than the next. I tried to resort to reading books, mainly novels, so that I forget or pretend to forget what we were going through. Unfortunately, no one can escape from the reality in which they live.
The days passed and we continued in the same situation, as no water or food items were allowed to enter the city. There were not any signs of a breakthrough or peace. The shells fell on the city like rain. There were many calls for help, hospitals overcrowded by wounded and calls for blood donors. We decided to leave the city because there was no longer room for life.
The war-separated everyone and exhausted their lives. Some people died and others were displaced. No civilian has been spared from paying the price.
https://mwatana.org/en/dreary-nights/
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Bracing for Impact: Yemen Under the Brunt of Global Inflation
Key Facts
Aftershocks from the global economic downturns brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are taking a significant toll on war-stricken Yemen.
Domestic inflation is likely to reach a new high this year. It is also expected to end with record highs for the number of people in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance and those experiencing acute food insecurity, with estimates putting both figures at 23.4 million and 19 million, respectively.
Yemen’s internationally-recognized government lacks the resources to roll out concrete measures to alleviate the hardships caused by inflation. Furthermore, to plug a growing state budget deficit, the government may again resort to inflationary funding sources by further depreciating the local currency.
The Houthi group’s illegal levies and excessive taxes and fees imposed on merchants and importers in areas under its control contribute to exacerbating these consequences for the local population under its rule.
If the current inflationary trend continues and the global economic slowdown turns into a far-reaching recession, Yemen will likely experience much more severe economic, financial, and humanitarian consequences.
The Effects of Global Inflation on Yemen
Inflation has reached unprecedented levels worldwide due to disruptions in supply chains brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak at the end of 2019 and the subsequent increase in demand caused by expansionary financial policies introduced by many countries. Since the beginning of the year, when hostilities between Russia and Ukraine broke out, inflation rates have skyrocketed, making an already dire situation even worse.
This recent spike in global inflation made Yemen’s economic outlook even gloomier. The humanitarian crisis in the country is expected to worsen with the annual inflation rate increase to 45 percent this year, and the rise of the food price inflation rate, in particular, to a much higher level of 58 percent. The number of people in need of humanitarian aid is projected to rise to 23.4 million by the end of the year. The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity is projected to grow to 19 million.
In developed economies, there is a growing trend toward tightening monetary policies and increasing interest rates to contain rising inflation. However, there are growing concerns about the impact of these policies on the developing economies already suffering from conflicts and deep crises due to the loss of financial flows and the high costs of servicing their debts. Since Yemen’s primary sources of foreign currency are the remittances of its citizens working abroad and foreign aid, the country may be relatively insulated from such effects.
Additionally, most of Yemen’s debts are de facto frozen or are otherwise covered by agreements with creditors. However, the current economic pressures on the world may limit future foreign aid to Yemen, mainly from Western nations. They face mounting domestic pressures due to the impact of inflation on their citizens and the substantial financial commitments they made in response to the conflict in Ukraine. As a result, this year, Yemen is expected to receive US$ 2.1 billion in humanitarian aid, down from US$ 2.547 billion in 2021 and US$ 2.424 billion in 2020. Though seemingly limited, this decline is significant because it takes place just as more people are anticipated to require urgent life-saving assistance.
The current uptick in oil prices is good news for Yemen because the country expects its revenue from crude oil exports to increase to US$ 1.722 billion this year, from US$ 994 million in 2021 and US$ 648 million in 2020. In the long run, however, the rise in oil prices is expected to inflict more harm on the economy. This is because Yemen imports more oil products than it exports. This year, Yemen is forecast to import US$ 3.145 billion worth of oil derivatives, up from US$ 2.803 billion in 2021 and US$ 2.074 billion the year before.
Currently, Yemen’s crude oil exports bring in more money than the country spends on oil derivative imports. There is an expected 73 percent increase in the country’s oil export revenues this year compared to last year when the value of oil exports increased by 53 percent compared to 2020. While the value of its oil derivative imports is projected to rise by 12 percent this year compared to last, the increase from 2020 levels is 35 percent. But this disparity shows that local purchasing power is not strong enough to keep up with the global price increase.
Increases in global oil prices benefit oil-producing Arab Gulf countries, improving living standards and employment prospects for Yemeni workers, many of whom live and work in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (in addition to the many now in the United States). Expatriate remittances are projected to reach US$ 4.538 billion this year, up from US$ 4.301 billion in 2021 and US$ 3.721 billion in 2020.
However, due to global inflation, the deficit in the balance of payments this year may reach an all-time high, with the Central Bank estimates putting it at US$ 3.5 billion compared to US$ 2.098 billion in 2021 and US$ 528 million in 2020. Put another way, the anticipated rise in the balance of payments deficit will exceed the increase in expatriates’ remittances.
https://epc.ae/en/details/featured/bracing-for-impact-yemen-under-the-brunt-of-global-inflation
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The Yemeni Diaspora: An analysis of its history, development, and nature
In this first article in a series of three pieces about different aspects of the Yemeni diaspora, Hisham Almahdi discusses the history, development and nature of the global Yemeni diaspora, and notes how its varying waves and changes have impacted all three. The second and third articles in this series - on the Yemeni diaspora in Germany and the various roles the diaspora plays, respectively - will be published in due course.
There are about 6-7 million Yemenis spread across the six continents, at least according to Mohammed Al-Adil, Yemen's deputy minister of expatriates, and several other official and unofficial sources. Compared to Yemen’s total population of over 30 million, the size of the diaspora is indeed significant, although it is unclear whether the diaspora is included in the overall population count. Almost half of the diaspora (3 million Yemenis) live in Gulf countries, mostly Saudi Arabia, where Yemenis, alongside their South Asian counterparts, make up the backbone of the oil producing nations' labour force. Other estimates report that the number of Yemenis in Egypt is somewhere between 500-900 thousand, with another 58,600 and 12,000 Yemeni nationals in the US and UK respectively. This is not to mention second- and third-generation migrants who have been abroad for decades, as well as tens of thousands in countries like Djibouti, Malaysia, Turkey, and Jordan.
This article will attempt to offer a new analytical perspective on the nature of this widely-spread diaspora, and discuss how in the past decade it has been linked to and continues to interact with its original community back home, and how the diaspora is structured and operates. This analysis will navigate the subject by taking into account the complicated socioeconomic circumstances that the diaspora finds itself in - and at times even caused by it - as well as looking at the various organisational groups that make up the Yemeni diaspora.
Before exploring the role of the diaspora, however, this analysis needs to establish some basic details, and from three main angles: firstly, how many migrants there are and where they are located; secondly, who are the ones to have made it across international borders and what were the circumstances surrounding their various immigration waves; and finally, what were the important distinctions between the periods of these migrations, and how they affected the behavioural tendencies of the migrants.
History and Nature
A relatively important distinction to make is between the different eras of migrations in Yemen’s recent history, as they affected migrants’ nature as well as their destinations. A pivotal year was 2014, when the Houthi militia took over the country after a coup that ignited the war that has now lasted for eight years. The distinction here is not between refugees and migrants, but rather the type of people who migrated and their host countries.
Until 2014, Yemeni migrants were mainly workers, mostly traders and labourers (or economic migrants, as some might say) who preferred countries like Saudi Arabia, where they could spend years doing hard and even humiliating work but all the while benefitting from favourable currency exchange rates, sending almost all their money back to their families in Yemen. This money was and still is an important asset for the Yemeni economy as it amounts to anything between 4 and 8 billion dollars yearly, and provides income for millions across the country. Those who considered moving to the western hemisphere preferred countries like the US and the UK, largely due to language, the countries’ general societal reputation or people’s perception of them, and the relative ease with which one could acquire citizenship. The latter made it easier to invite other family members, or even to give citizenship to other families through “economic marriage”; that is to say, money in exchange for a new passport. Other migrants with different backgrounds existed as well, but this general case shows how the nature of the diaspora was unique back then, especially compared to how it became after the war.
Things started to change dramatically after 2014. Political activists, politicians, professionals (especially doctors and engineers), as well as the upper classes started to flee the country, first heading to Malaysia and Jordan, as they were two of the few countries to offer Yemenis visa-free entry after all embassies shut their doors in 2015. This wave then reached Turkey, Europe, Egypt, Canada, and many other countries all over the world. This change was mainly due to the difficulties that accompany fleeing and residing in a different country, both on the financial and bureaucratic levels.
On the one hand, the outside world was not accessible for most Yemenis, not only because of the economic situation placing half the country under the poverty line, or even because most of the population (about 62%) resides in rural areas with little to no public services and seriously limited social mobility. Any potential ways out were hard in themselves and made harder due to changes seen throughout the years, before and after the war. Rather, the geographic location of Yemen locks it between Gulf countries (who are parties in the war themselves), other Arab countries that have conflicts of their own, and the Red Sea. Any destinations beyond the immediate neighbourhood became even harder to reach due to visa acquisition regulations so complicated that it was sometimes even impossible to get a visa - by Hisham Almahdi
https://www.commonspace.eu/analysis/yemeni-diaspora-analysis-its-history-development-and-nature
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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Film: The power of Education in Fighting Malaria in Yemen
In an effort to control and prevent spread of malaria in Yemen, the World Health Organization (WHO) last year joined forces with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief)
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36924
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Dengue Fever Spread in Taiz City, pro-Saudi Government Lacking Action
The new confrontation of the dengue fever epidemic continues to spread and kill many children and adults on an unprecedented scale in Taiz Governorate, southwest of Yemen, amid a deterioration in health services due to the pro-aggression authorities' negligence.
During the past few days, a large number of citizens, including children, died in the city of Taiz, southwest of Yemen, as a result of a large and rapid outbreak of dengue fever in the city, which was classified by health centers in Taiz as the most deadly compared to previous waves of the same disease during the past years.
Activists from the city of Taiz accuse the health authorities of the coalition authority of failing to confront the dengue fever pandemic.
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON NOVEMBER 22, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-november-22-2022-map-update/
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Mehr als 18.000 Jemeniten bei der Aggression der saudischen Koalition getötet
Das jemenitische Menschenrechtszentrum „Ain“ gab am Samstagabend in einem Bericht bekannt, dass seit Beginn der Angriffe der saudischen Koalition auf den Jemen mehr als 18.000 Jemeniten bei dieser Aggression getötet wurden.
Laut diesem Bericht wurden in 2.800 Tagen der Aggression gegen den Jemen 18.013 Jemeniten getötet und 29.660 weitere verletzt.
Bei den Angriffen der saudischen Koalition auf den Jemen wurden 4.061 jemenitische Kinder getötet und 4.739 Kinder verletzt. Bei diesen Angriffen wurden 2.454 Frauen getötet und 2.966 Frauen verletzt.
598.737 Wohnhäuser, 1.679 Moscheen und 415 Krankenhäuser und medizinische Zentren wurden während dieser Zeit zerstört.
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2,800 Days into US-Saudi Aggression, 47,673 Citizens Killed and Wounded, Including 8,800 Children
Eye of Humanity Center (Ain al-Insiyah Center) for Human Rights and Development issued a report documenting the crimes of the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression against the Yemeni people during 2,800 days of aggression.
The Center stated that the total number of victims of aggression reached 47,673 were killed and wounded, including 18,013 were killed and 29,660 were wounded. It also confirmed 4,061 children were wounded, 4,739 others were killed. 2,454 women were kiiled and 2,966 other women were wounded, in addition 11,498 citizens were killed and 21955 citizens were wounded.
Service establishments
The center stated that the aggression destroyed 598 thousand and 737 homes, 182 university facilities, and 1679 mosques, in addition 379 tourist facilities, and 415 hospitals and health facilities within 2800 days.
Infrastructure
With regard to infrastructure, the center confirmed that the aggression aircraft targeted 15 airports, 16 ports, 344 power stations, 7099 roads and bridges, and destroyed 616 networks and communication stations, 2974 reservoirs and water networks, and 2101 government facilities.
Economic establishments
As for economic establishments, the center confirmed that the aggression targeted 407 factories, 385 fuel tankers, 12,030 commercial establishments, and 454 chicken and livestock farms.
The center added that the aggression destroyed 10,112 means of transportation, 998 food trucks, 700 markets, 485 fishing boats, 1,014 food stores, and 425 fuel stations within 2,800 days.
The center added that the aggression coalition destroyed 1,242 schools and educational centers, 140 sports facilities, 255 archaeological sites, 61 media facilities, and 10,803 agricultural fields.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/279591/ and https://en.ypagency.net/279624/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/27/humanitarian-organisation-releases-horrifying-statistics-on-2800-days-of-war-on-yemen/
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43 Yemen Civil Society Organizations Initiative for Qatar 2022
We are civil society organizations in Yemen, and we believe in the unique dimension of the "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" in embracing diversity and celebrating our common humanity, as well as in maximizing the impact of this historic World Cup, the growing contribution of sport to development and peace, and in complementarity with Qatar's ongoing efforts to bring peace to the world and resolve conflicts.
Under the unity of geography, the present and the future of the Gulf region and the Arab Island, and the bonds of brotherhood and common history, the initiative calls on His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Government of Qatar and the Organizing Committee for the 2022 Cup to dedicate the human dimension of the World Cup to contributing to peacebuilding in Yemen and addressing youth unemployment as one of the main causes of conflict through:
With your trends to dismantle the stadiums after the World Cup to be awarded to developing countries as assistance from Qatar, we, in Yemen, are the closest. We therefore look forward to giving Yemen the 170,000 seats that will cover the need of stadiums and distributed over all 22 governorates of Yemen, with a number of seats ranging from 20 to 25 thousand. You will make an immortal mark, a sustainable impact and an unforgettable favor for Yemenis.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-civil-society-organizations-initiative-qatar-2022-enar
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Tawakkol Karman voices support for Sanaa’s decision to prevent exporting Yemeni crude oil
Yemeni activist and Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, has voiced her support for measures taken by the National Salvation Government in Sanaa, to prevent the Saudi-led coalition and its loyalists from exporting crude oil, stressing this decision is in favor of preserving public money and the wealth of the Yemeni people.
Karman said in a post on her Facebook page: “The ideal situation for twenty thousand agents, consuls, ambassadors, deputies, ministers, their entourage and those who promote them, all of whom have their salaries and allowances in dollars, is to keep the situation as it is now.”
“Officials of the Moeen government do not want to return to Yemen,” she said, explaining that “this will mean the return of the salary in Yemeni riyals, of course, after reducing the huge number of agents and agents of agents to one-tenth of the tenth.
“In their point of view, it is a suicide and totally rejected.”
“Stop the oil and gas in order to get rid of the corruption of all these people, and preserve wealth for generations,” she concluded.
https://en.ypagency.net/279619/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/27/yemeni-nobel-prize-winner-tawakkol-karman-voices-support-for-measures-of-national-salvation-government-against-oil-theft/
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Aufdeckung saudischer und emiratischer Ambitionen im Jemen
Die Ambitionen Saudi-Arabiens und der VAE im Jemen wurden offengelegt, nachdem Riad mit seiner Militärmacht in die Provinzen Hadramout und Al-Mahra vorgedrungen war und Abu Dhabi sich auf die jemenitischen Küsten und Inseln konzentrierte.
Sicher ist, dass Saudi-Arabien historische Ambitionen im Jemen hat, die es von Jahr zu Jahr deportieren, regiert von einer expansionistischen Tendenz, und seine Überwachung der wichtigen Wasserstraße „Bab al-Mandab-Straße“, die die Bewegung der Seeschifffahrt kontrolliert das Ein- und Auslaufen aus dem Roten Meer, was den Jemen zu einem wichtigen Partner für Energiesicherheit und internationale Schifffahrt macht.
Saudi-Arabien ist sich dieser geopolitischen Bedeutung der Republik Jemen bewusst und hat daher langfristige Strategien entwickelt, um den Jemen zu kontrollieren: Die Aggression, die es am 26. März 2015 gegen das Land und viele Länder der sog internationale Koalition gegen den Jemen, gleichbedeutend mit einer ausdrücklichen Erklärung ihrer Ambitionen, und dass die Zeit reif ist, dies zu erreichen.
Unter falschem Namen erklärte Saudi-Arabien dem Jemen den Krieg und nutzte viele Länder, um seine Besetzung jemenitischer Länder umzusetzen, insbesondere die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und Großbritannien, und kaufte mit Geld die Loyalität vieler europäischer, sogar islamischer und arabischer Länder, und hat den UN-Sicherheitsrat zu seinen Gunsten gewonnen und seine Entscheidungen angepasst, um seinen wahren Zielen im Jemen zu dienen.
Schließlich ist die saudisch-emiratische Besetzung des südlichen und östlichen Jemen zu einer vollendeten Tatsache geworden, und diese beiden Länder haben dort alles durcheinander gebracht, die Bewegung von Häfen, Gas- und Ölanlagen und Flughäfen behindert, die Inseln besetzt und den Betrieb verweigert die Aden-Raffinerien und die Kontrolle der Öl- und Gasimporte, die an die Ufer von Riad verlegt wurden, und sie errichteten bewaffnete Milizen und schürten den Konflikt zwischen ihnen, und sie verfolgten die gleiche Kolonialpolitik, die
https://www.saba.ye/de/news3212672.htm
Meine Bemerkung: Standpunkt der Huthis.
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Exposing Saudi UAE aspirations in Yemen
The aspirations of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in Yemen, were exposed after Riyadh went with its military force to the provinces of Hadramawt and Mahra, and Abu Dhabi' focus on Yemen's coasts and islands.
To be sure, Saudi Arabia has historic aspirations in Yemen that it has been moving from year to year, governed by an expansionist trend. Geographically, Yemen is uniquely positioned and geopolitically important, making it vulnerable to the aspirations of many countries. In addition to its inventory of oil and gas wealth, and its supervision of the important waterway "Bab al-Mandeb Strait", which controls maritime traffic entering and exiting the Red Sea, making Yemen a key partner in energy security and international navigation.
Saudi Arabia is well aware of the geopolitical importance of the Republic of Yemen, which has led it to draw up far-reaching strategies for controlling Yemen. The aggression it launched against the country on 26 March 2015, together with many States in a so-called international coalition against Yemen, it is a clear declaration of their aspirations, and the time has come to achieve them.
Under false names, Saudi Arabia declared war on Yemen and it has assisted in the implementation of its occupation of Yemeni territory in many States, most notably, the United States of America and the United Kingdom, have bought the loyalties of many European, even Islamic and Arab countries. The United Nations Security Council volunteered on its behalf and informed its resolutions to serve its real objectives in Yemen.
Finally, the Saudi-UAE occupation of South and East Yemen has become a reality, and these two countries are messing with everything there, they impeded the movement of ports, gas and oil installations and airports, occupied the islands, refused to operate the Aden refineries, they controlled oil and gas imports and were transferred to Riyadh banks.
They established armed militias, fuelled their conflict and became following the same colonial policy that Britain was pursuing during its occupation during its occupation of the south of the homeland, "divide and conquer."
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212722.htm
My remark: A Houthi view.
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[Sanaa gov.] Fisheries Ministry condemns kidnapping number of fishermen
The Ministry of Fisheries condemned kidnapping a number of Yemeni fishermen by the aggression mercenaries in Buhais district of Medi district of Hajjah province.
The Ministry of Fisheries stated, in a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), that the aggression mercenaries kidnapped 6 fishermen yesterday afternoon, "Muhammad Ali Kalada, Ahmed Ali Kalada, Ibrahim Ali Musa, Ibrahim's uncle, Muhammad's uncle, Abdo Shureim Ati and Ali Khirbin uncle while they were practicing fishing activity." in Buhais district of Midi district, without any justification.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212457.htm
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Saudi Arabia Slams Houthis for Continued Attacks on Yemen’s Civilian, Economic Locations
Saudi Arabia condemned on Tuesday the Iran-backed Houthi militias for their continued attacks on civilian and economic locations in Yemen.
The Foreign Ministry slammed the Houthis for also targeting global energy and marine trade routes.
Such practices confirm the Houthis’ ongoing approach in increasing the suffering of the Yemeni people and their constant rejection of all international peace initiatives and efforts, it added.
My comment: From Saudi Arabia, this is a bad joke.
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Conflict-ravaged Yemen unlikely to benefit from the new climate fund
CONFLICT-RAVAGED Yemen is unlikely to receive any support from the new climate fund agreed at Cop27, according to aid agencies.
The United Nations climate conference in Egypt, which ended on Sunday, agreed to set up a new fund to help poor, vulnerable countries hit hard by climate change.
But although Yemen is one of the world’s poorest countries and vulnerable to climate change impacts, it does not have the means to access climate finance.
It is one of a number of countries that are unlikely to receive funds because they lack stable governments, said UN Secretary-General Youth Advisory Group chairwoman Nisreen el-Saim.
“They don’t have institutions in order to have climate finance,” she said.
“You have to have strong institutions, which don’t exist in many countries.”
International Committee for the Red Cross director-general Robert Mardini warned that “close to zero amount of climate finance” is reaching conflict-affected nations “because decision makers who decide to allocate those funds consider that it is too risky to invest” there.
Mr Mardini added that the worst is yet to come for Yemenis as food shortages worsen.
Decision-makers “need to reconsider the risk appetite, because there are also big risks in not investing in these countries and huge [human] costs that should be avoided,” he said.
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Water Stress in the Middle East: Weaponisation of Water by Non-state Armed Groups
The urbanisation of conflict and proliferation of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Iraq, Syria and Yemen has led to the weaponisation of critical civilian resources. As NSAGs face asymmetric challenges against their adversaries, they have resorted to the weaponisation of water as a means of furthering their military and political objectives, exploiting vulnerabilities in water-stressed regions.
The Houthis
In Yemen, NSAGs have targeted water resources in the Gulf to undermine the Saudi-Coalition, transferring the conflict beyond the confines of Yemen. In March 2022, the Houthis launched missiles against a desalination plant in Al Shaqeeq, south of Saudi Arabia near the Red Sea. The Houthis were able to leverage water resources beyond their own geographical parameters by using advanced military technology like UAVs and precision missiles as a means of power projection. Targeting the plant further points to the Houthis’ ability to disrupt critical civilian infrastructure in a water scarce country
The Houthis’ have also disrupted water deliveries to isolate and punish the population in Taiz for its resistance, blocking roads and humanitarian access including water shipments to Taiz since 2015 .
My remark: The Houthis are a “non-state actor” according to media propaganda, in fact, they are a government since 2015.
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Ma'een: "Peace and Roads are my Survival Issue"
Humanitarian Truce
Since war broke out in 2015, Ms. Ma'een could not stand idly by, but worked in cooperation with her colleagues to communicate with the political parties and conflict parties and suggested to draft an agreement for a humanitarian truce starting from morning until evening. "Since the war's first shot was fired, civilians have paid a heavy toll, so I thought of the simplest solutions so that people could move around with less danger, as we struggle to implement a truce to alleviate people's suffering", she said.
Because her home and family are close to the armed front lines, her family was forced to flee with her only little daughter, but Ms. Ma'een remained in Taiz city, struggling to monitor violations with the Human Rights Commission. Ms. Ma'een says, "I had to travel every two weeks to the village to visit my daughter and family, where I crossed all the alternative, bumpy, and rugged roads. I felt and lived the people's suffering as a result of the roads being cut”.
Mediation for Road Opening
Due to her closeness to people and being affected by their suffering, she and her colleagues thought about the necessity of opening humanitarian roads and passages to alleviate the suffering of people and patients. She voluntarily worked as a mediator between the conflict parties to achieve the right of road service for people. She was equidistant to all parties, trying to provide appropriate solutions and proposals to reach a settlement to open a road for people. She says, “I voluntarily worked, by communicating with the conflict parties, to reach a solution to open the roads. I decided that roads must be opened to people in any way, as I was affected by the suffering of people with whom I took long and bumpy roads due to closure of the primary roads, especially patients with kidney failure who need dialysis treatment sessions weekly and do not have the travel costs for long bumpy roads. I am very sad for the suffering of such people, and I hope that the roads will be opened even for them”.
Regarding her role within the mediation team in the recent negotiations held in Amman, Jordan, last May, she and the team worked to present assumptions to the UN Special Envoy to Yemen about the roads that could be agreed upon and accepted with a detailed explanation about the roads to and from Taiz city. She says, "We have communicated and met separately with the conflict parties trying to convey people suffering and convince the parties that access to road service is a human right".
Ms. Ma'een gained and won the confidence of all parties, so she also worked as a mediator in the field of detainees and prisoners. She states, "I have no hostility with any party, and I raise issues with transparency, clarity and objectivity because what concerns me is the interest of civilians anywhere under the control of any party, and my mission is to monitor human rights violations against civilians by any party, so my relationship remained equidistant to all parties”.
Mediation for Water
Given that Taiz city's suffering has increased due to the water cuts, and sensing responsibility, Ms. Ma'een and her colleague worked as mediators in order to re-pump water for people. They acted as mediators to deliver water tanks and some wells, which were guarded by the Internationally Recognized Authority (IRG) in the city.
https://ywvp.org/en/blog/participation-4/post/ma-een-peace-and-roads-are-my-survival-issue-59
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CHILDREN IN YEMEN DEMAND NEW TRUCE AS ONE CHILD IS KILLED OR INJURED EVERY DAY IN 2022
Children in Yemen are demanding warring parties recommit to preventing attacks and violence against civilians this World Children’s Day, as the conflict escalates with an average of one child killed or injured every day this year, Save the Children said.
Children from Taiz told Save the Children that since the six-month UN-led truce ended this October, they constantly fear for their lives when they are playing outside or walking to school, and safety is their most pressing concern.
“Before the truce, our minds would always be on high alert, imagining that a shell might fall at any second,” said Diana*, 14, from Taiz. “We never felt safe. However, during the truce, we felt safe going out and playing as well as going to school and studying. We knew nothing would happen because there is a truce.”
Despite the positive gains made for children during the nationwide truce, more than 330 Yemeni children have been killed or injured in the war so far this year.
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On International Children's Day.. Aggression coalition insists on preventing entry of remnants of war detection devices
The [Sanaa] Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) confirmed on Sunday that 204 children were killed by cluster bombs and remnants of war, including 44 martyrs in 11 Yemeni provinces since the beginning of 2022.
In a statement received by SABA, the Centre explained that as the world celebrates International Day of the Child's Rights on 20 November, Yemeni children seek their most basic forgotten rights during eight years of absurd war targeting them in their homes, schools and lives in general way even forgot what childhood meant.
"International Children's Day is celebrated this year, and hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children continue to be deprived of their most basic rights, From health care, education and food, suffering from remnants of war and cluster bombs thrown by the Saudi-UAE coalition fighter jets.
He noted that, for the eighth consecutive year of war and blockade of Yemenis, the silence and deliberate failure of the United Nations continued, it does not comply with international instruments, particularly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the care and protection of children from any abuse.
The Centre attributed the continued casualties to thousands of cluster bombs still lurking in Yemen's various regions, every day it kills more children, and the coalition blocks the entry of detectors that would reduce victims by clearing areas of bombs and remnants of war, which underscores the lack of commitment of the United Nations to the protection of children's rights.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3211937.htm
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Yemen's Children Suffer as Result of Aggression, Siege
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the international community, including the Security Council, Human Rights Council, Secretary-General of UN, of the statement issued by Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood on the occasion of International Children's Day.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Yemeni children are being killed, displaced and sick as a result of the aggression and siege imposed for the eighth year.
It pointed out that the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression used all internationally prohibited weapons, while the international community did not move a finger, although the UN considered what happened in Yemen the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression targeting more than 51% of health facilities led to dire consequences for society in general, children and their mothers in particular. It is regrettable that the UN not only turned a blind eye to what happened to the children of Yemen, but also removed the coalition from the list of shame for violators of children's rights.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/279091/
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US-Saudi Crimes Against Children In Yemen Continue for Eight Years with Eight Thousand Victims
The Organization for Women and Children's Rights (Entesaf) revealed Sunday the toll of US-Saudi crimes against children. The organization stated that the victims amounted to eight thousand and 116 dead and wounded in about 8 years.
The organization stated, on the occasion of Universal Children's Day, November 20, that the number of dead children reached 3,860, and 4,256 wounded, as of November 19. It stated that the number of disabled increased from 3 million before the aggression to 4.5 million people now. About six thousand civilians have been disabled as a result of armed hostilities since the beginning of the aggression, including approximately 5559 children, and the actual number is likely to be much higher.
The statistics indicated that there are at least two million and 400 thousand children still out of school out of an estimated 10.6 million children of school age (from 6 to 17 years), while nearly three thousand schools are either destroyed or damaged.
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"Eye of Humanity" documents over 8,000 killed, injured children
Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development has documented more than 8,600 killed and injured children as a result of crimes committed by the US-Saudi aggression since March 2015.
He pointed out that the report documents cases of children affected by the effects of prohibited weapons used by the US-Saudi aggression coalition, and it also contains everything that the monitoring and investigation team was able to document, stressing that the actual reality is more severe.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212240.htm
Deutsche Version: https://www.saba.ye/de/news3212230.htm
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NCIVHR Organizes Individual and Group Hearings for Children victims of Human Rights Violations
The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) organized hearings for children who are victims of human rights violations in Yemen, in conjunction with International Children's Day, which falls on November 20 of each year.
The hearing sessions aimed to identify the violation experienced by the children and affected their set of rights and future in a way that expands the investigations in which the victim-centered approach is applied.
Since the beginning of November, the Commission's hearings have targeted children who are victims of the six grave violations, especially the children who have been subjected to injuries, starvation, amputation, and denial of access to humanitarian aid.
The violations also included attacks on and disruption of schools, non-compliance with guarantees for the protection of children during the conflict, the direct exposure of children to sniping and the explosion of anti-personnel mines planted on their roads leading to schools, water sources, or firewood.
https://almawqeapost.net/english-news/80067
My remark: This is an anti-Houthi organization; biased.
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Abdulsalam: Saudi Arabia’s fears of Yemen’s stability are illogical and its interest is to end the aggression
The head of the national delegation, spokesman for Ansarullah, Mohammad Abdulsalam, confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s fears of the rise of a strong and independent Yemen are not logical and no one can guarantee Riyadh to get rid of these fears; because this means that Yemen will remain permissible.
He pointed out that the mercenaries are working to amplify these fears to invest them at the expense of the security and interest of the country.
https://en.ypagency.net/278855/
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Iran-backed Houthis may threaten more maritime attacks - analysis
The concerns about Houthi threats at sea come after Iran targeted a commercial ship last week using a Shahed drone flown from Chabahar.
The Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen appears to be threatening more maritime attacks.
Yemeni Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz, commander of the Joint Operations General, warned that the Houthis could increase their attacks on naval targets, Al-Ain News in the UAE reported.
“The threat of the terrorist Houthi militia to waterways and international navigation is an extension of its terrorist acts that began years ago by threatening the lives of Yemenis,” Sagheer was quoted as saying by Al-Ain.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-722979
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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YPC: Aggression coalition detains diesel ship
YPC Official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakil said tha theUS-Saudi aggression coalition, and its persistence in increasing the suffering of the Yemeni people, detained the diesel ship "Primorye" despite being subject to inspection in Djibouti.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212464.htm
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YPC: Aggression coalition seizes diesel ship "Uhud"
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212216.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/279228/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/23/diesel-ship-uhud-illegally-detained-by-saudi-blockade/
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Hunger has Sana'a residents search for food in garbage
The humanitarian situation and hunger in Yemen's Houthi militant-controlled capital Sana'a is so severe that many people especially women are seen searching for food in garbage heaps and waste bins.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61800
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Qatar Charity distributes relief aid to flood-affected people in Yemen
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/qatar-charity-distributes-relief-aid-flood-affected-people-yemen
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Video von unserem Hilfsaktionsprojekt im November 2022 im Jemen. Yemen Friends Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8fjpope2Uk
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Yemen Socio-Economic Update, Issue 74 - July 2022
In This Edition
I Climate Change effects at the Global and National Levels
II The Impact of Climate Changes on Agriculture
III The Impact of Climate Changes on Yemen’s Food Security
IV Proposed Policies and Actions
Introduction
Climate change induced effects present the gravest threat to life and the entire planet, especially on agriculture and food security, which have recently increased due to human interventions that are not environment friendly and lacking the necessary plans and strategies to preserve agricultural lands and the surrounding environment in general. They risk sustainable development efforts, especially amid rising population in the world, expected to rise by one third by 2050. This increase is expected to be even higher in developing countries. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that if current trends in income and consumption growth continue without plans to preserve the surrounding environment, agricultural production will have to grow by 60% to meet the increased demand for food and fodder, and to ensure food security. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, altered environmental conditions, and the associated spread of pests and diseases over the last 15 years are factors that contribute to vicious cycles of poverty and hunger, particularly when exacerbated by fragile institutions, conflict, violence and continued displacement by population in search for safe haven. This is also applicable to Yemen, which has experienced a set of factors that jeopardize its stability, and thereby affected all aspects of life in all areas. “Yemen is living proof of the apocalyptic equation: conflicts and food insecurity go hand in hand, and when there is an overlap between climate change and conflict, famine is already on the horizon”.
Climate fluctuations and changes affect the social and environmental determinants of health, such as: clean air, safe drinking water, adequate food and shelter. Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns can cause a decrease in the production of basic foods by up to 50% in the poorest areas of some countries in the world, which leads to an increased prevalence of malnutrition and under nutrition.
This issue of the YSEU Bulletin, meanwhile, sheds some light on the impact of climate changes on agriculture and food security in Yemen, including prices of basic commodities.
Theme I deals with climate changes at the global and local levels, while Theme II underlines the impact of climate changes on agriculture, and Theme III elaborates on the impact of climate changes on food security in Yemen, the last on (Theme IV) furnishes a set of proposed policies and actions.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-socio-economic-update-issue-74-july-2022-enar
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[Sanaa gov.] Health Ministry warns of halt of dialysis centers due to depletion of solutions, medicines
The Ministry of Public Health and Population on Saturday warned that more than 5,000 patients with kidney failure are at risk of death if dialysis sessions are stopped as a result of their medicines and solutions running out.
In a statement issued during an emergency meeting with representatives of the international and local organizations to unify emergency humanitarian response efforts to save the lives of the patients with kidney failure, the ministry sounded the alarm as a result of the depletion of solutions and the failure of devices in most dialysis centers in various provinces, which threatens them with closure.
The statement confirmed that there is currently no sufficient stock of dialysis drugs, materials, and supplies, and that the stock for the year 2023 is empty of medicines, unless international and humanitarian organizations fulfill their duty towards patients with kidney failure and provide their medicines and solutions.
The Ministry called on the United Nations to do its duty to stop the aggression, lift the blockade, open Sana'a International Airport, and allow the entry of medicines and medical supplies to save the lives of patients, including patients with kidney failure.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212693.htm
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29877/Ministry-of-Health-US-Saudi-Blockade-Prevents-Entry-of-Medicines-for-Kidney-Failure-Patients%C2%A0 and https://en.ypagency.net/279621/
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Aiding Yemen’s children: Stalked by hunger, disease, and displacement
Children under age five are among the most vulnerable of all Yemenis to the ravages of disease, food insecurity, unsafe water, and other ever-present threats to their survival.
WHO and UNCERF are working together in six districts in Marib governorate in response to the sudden discontinuation of basic health services, and a rapidly deteriorating security situation and economic crisis. The aim is to enhance and sustain the availability of critical highly specialized 24/7 lifesaving medical care and nutrition services at six therapeutic feeding centers (TFCs) in Kara, Aljuba, Marib city, Harib Baihan, Alhosoon and Aljafra.
In the six-month period from 20 February to 20 August 2022, WHO and UNCERF supported 932 malnourished children who were admitted to therapeutic feeding centers (TFCs) in 6 targeted health facilities. More than three of four of these children – 745 in total – were internally displaced. To support the operational capacity of the six targeted TFCs, 93 medical workers were supported with incentives. And to facilitate access to treatment and alleviate financial burdens for the families bringing their children into the TFCs, 395 children receiving treatment were provided with transportation costs, admission kits and balanced meals.
In addition, WHO and UNCERF have maintained surgical services that during the three months of June, July and August 2022 alone accounted for 1,164 surgeries and 4,188 consultations.
To ensure targeted facilities are continuously functioning with services available for patients, fuel supply has been provided to them through this project as well. Between March and August 2022, a total of 78,951 liters of fuel were delivered to four hospitals in Marib governorate to keep them operational.
WHO together with UNCERF are also continuing to provide life-sustaining case management for some 3,000 infants and children to age five who are treated for SAM with medical complications at six therapeutic feeding centers in priority areas across Yemen. Parents and other caregivers of the children are also linked to food distribution and cash support projects supported by UNCERF.
https://express.adobe.com/page/sM6005VNRwiYK/
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A plane of MSF, also known as Doctors without Borders, landed today at Mocha Airport, marking the first touchdown in the airport after the successful implementation of its runway.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1595845333300310016
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Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative: October 2022 Situation Overview
The objective of the JMMI is to support humanitarian actors with the harmonisation of market monitoring and to facilitate information products for evidence-based Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and market-based programming (MBP).
The JMMI tracks the price and availability of all components of the WASH and food Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB), as well as other food and nonfood items. In addition, the JMMI monitors the functionality of the markets by assessing the supply chain and vendors’ perceptions of the market and their businesses.
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Striving To Reduce The Life-threatening Malnutrition - RDP Success Story - Nov, 2022
In Fara Al-Udayn district, Ibb governorate, poverty-stricken families don’t have enough cash to spend on food and satisfy their basic living needs. Their situation has been worsened even more since the crisis began in 2015, relying on two meals a day which constitutes a threat to their health and proper development. Insufferably, hunger and poor nutrition are both major issues behind acute malnutrition. As a case in point, Sondos, a child at the age of 17 months, has been struggling with severe acute malnutrition as she lives with her parents under the poverty line in Al-Akhmas sub-district, Fara Al-Udayn district.
In April, 2022, RDP-supported CNVs were doing MUAC screening for all children under 5 in the second and third catchment areas, providing nutrition assistance and counselling, sensitizing women about the risks of malnutrition, and referring malnutrition cases to health centers/units nearby to receive therapeutic nutrition. The CNVs found Sondos, the 17-month-old child, severely malnourished where her MUAC showed 11.9 and had to be referred to Al-Akhmas health center for therapeutic treatment.
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WFP Yemen Food Security Update, November 2022
The monthly average value of the Yemeni rial slightly depreciated by one percent from the previous month in areas under the internationally recognized government of Yemen (IRG); it has now lost 25 percent of its value at the beginning of 2022. Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged support packages worth two billion dollars to the IRG. If these materialized, they could mitigate the pressure on the rial and domestic food prices in the south. The exchange rate remained stable in areas under the Sana’a-based authorities (SBA) at around YER 558/USD.
Local fuel prices continued to decrease countrywide for the third month in a row, largely due to improving fuel supply. Month-on-month, pumping prices for petrol decreased by six percent in IRG-controlled areas and by nine percent in SBA-controlled areas. A similar trend was also observed for diesel prices (IRG: -26%; SBA controlled areas: –7%). Nonetheless, fuel prices in Yemen remain higher than the levels in the same month of 2021.
In October 2022, the global Food Price Index (FFPI) remained at the level of the previous month. This is 15 percent down from the all-time high in March 2022. For 12 months, global food prices have been at elevated levels, including above the levels of the 2011 price crisis.
The cost of the minimum food basket slightly decreased from the previous month by two percent in IRG-controlled areas and by five percent in areas under the SBA. This was mainly driven by decreasing local fuel prices, reduced port fees in Aden and authorities’ influence on suppliers, all at a time when global food prices and the currency exchange rate remained relatively stable. However, economic food access for Yemenis is still constrained. The cost of the MFB is 21 and 18 percent above 2021 levels in IRG-and SBA-controlled areas respectively.
From January to October 2022, food imports via Al Hodeidah and As Salif ports were seven percent higher than last year. They decreased by 38 percent through the southern ports of Aden and Al Mukalla. Following the UN-mediated agreement to resume Ukrainian grain exports, two WFP-chartered vessels destined for WFP operations in Yemen as of October carried a total of 67,500 metric tons of wheat grain, one of which arrived mid-October with 37,0000 mt.
The expiration of the truce agreement in early October did not affect the fuel supply into Yemen.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-food-security-update-november-2022
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Yemen: Agrometeorological update - October Issue (Ref: #27) | 01 - 31 October 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
Continued temperature decreases reported across the whole country
Current weather forecasts point towards persistent rainfall decline punctuat-ed by occasional drizzle, especially across the western parts of the country
Windy conditions are also in the forecast across much of Yemen
Windy conditions will likely allow viruses to be easily transmitted from one animal to another, within a short time. Vigilance among agro-pastoralists is encouraged
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Yemen - Rapid Flood Hazard Assessment - Flood Depth Scores Ma'rib City IDP Sites - September 2022
Yemen - Rapid Flood Hazard Assessment - Flood Hazard Scores Ma'rib City IDP Sites - September 2022
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Bau eines Kinderkrankenhauses im Jemen
Ein Projekt von Kinder Jemens in Not e.V.
Mehr als die Hälfte der öffentl. Gesundheitseinrichtungen in Jemen sind ganz oder teilweise funktionsunfähig. Einige der Einrichtungen, die noch geöffnet sind, stehen kurz vor der Schließung, da es an Medikamenten, Personal und Geld fehlt.
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/86818-bau-eines-kinderkrankenhauses-im-jemen
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Yemen Emergency Dashboard, November 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-emergency-dashboard-november-2022
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India took steps to address food security in Yemen by prioritizing wheat exports
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WFP Yemen Situation Report #10, October 2022
An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) update shows an improvement in the food security outlook for Yemen (October-December), with no populations in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) for the first time in three years.
Under the terms of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the first vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat flour arrived in Yemen on 15 October.
WFP in October partially resumed both its malnutrition prevention programme and its Resilience and Livelihoods activity following temporary suspensions due to funding shortfalls and supply challenges.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-10-october-2022
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Does humanitarian aid make wars last longer?
Whether to provide relief that might be misappropriated poses an 'ethical dilemma' for humanitarians
In Yemen, where the Houthis are known to have siphoned swathes of humanitarian aid, the UN and other NGOs are often accused of being part of the so-called "war machine" through their continued assistance.
"If you don't interfere at all, the whole population might die, and if you intervene you'll be criticised because part of the assistance hasn't reached its target. It's an ethical dilemma," Khaled Khalifa, UN High Commissioner for Refugees' representative to the GCC, told The National in an exclusive interview on Monday.
"It's very controversial and there isn't a 100 per cent right or wrong answer, but this is the nature of conflict."
"We cannot deny [the Houthis'] existence," a UN aid worker told The National. "They're the ones providing us with security and the ones on the field. Some of the food portions are directed to the front lines. If it's just fraction, some say, let it be." The aid worker declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Yemen has the world's largest population of internally displaced people at 4.3 million.
"Aid should be free of any political restraints, it should be impartial and it should be needs-based," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at the time.
Mr Khalifa, who teaches seminars on humanitarian ethics and is a senior adviser to the High Commissioner on Islamic Philanthropy, said efforts were often made to limit the severity of misuse.
"We try everything possible to limit this scenario and make sure that 100 per cent of assistance reaches its target or that the diversion is completely limited."
In general, Mr Khalifa says ethical questions such as whether aid prolongs conflict, or whether organisations should accept donations from warring parties, are ones that the humanitarian system "have not resolved until now".
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/11/21/does-humanitarian-aid-make-wars-last-longer/
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[Sanaa gov.] Ministry: Over 80 Yemeni Newborns Die Every Day Due to Saudi-Led War
An official with Yemen’s Health Ministry said more than 80 newborn babies lose their lives on a daily basis because the war-torn country does not have the required medical equipment due to the Saudi-led war and blockade.
Najeeb Al-Qubati, the undersecretary of Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population for the Population Sector, made the remarks on Thursday while addressing a local event, presstv reported.
Some 39 percent of babies are premature, which shows a significant increase compared to the period before the start of the war, he said.
The official said the use of prohibited weapons was one of the reasons behind the growing trend. He said several human rights organizations have already acknowledged and condemned Saudis for using such arms.
Yemeni medical centers are in need of some 2,000 incubators, he said, noting that 632 incubators have been provided so far.
Since launching the war with the support of Washington in March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition has used internationally-banned weapons, including US-made cluster bombs, to target residential areas, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor.
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Yemen - Women Protection AOR Response analysis, Jan - Oct 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-women-protection-aor-response-analysis-jan-oct-2022
Yemen - Women Protection AOR Response analysis, Oct. 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-women-protection-aor-response-analysis-oct-2022
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Children in Yemen demand new truce as one child is killed or injured every day in 2022
Children in Yemen are demanding warring parties recommit to preventing attacks and violence against civilians this World Children’s Day, as the conflict escalates with an average of one child killed or injured every day this year, Save the Children said.
Children from Taiz told Save the Children that since the six-month UN-led truce ended this October, they constantly fear for their lives when they are playing outside or walking to school, and safety is their most pressing concern.
“Before the truce, our minds would always be on high alert, imagining that a shell might fall at any second,” said Diana,* 14, from Taiz.
“We never felt safe. However, during the truce, we felt safe going out and playing as well as going to school and studying. We knew nothing would happen because there is a truce.”
Despite the positive gains made for children during the nationwide truce, more than 330 Yemeni children have been killed or injured in the war so far this year.
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Yemen IDPs number exceeds 5 million amid international neglect of their suffering
The suffering of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen has increased as a result of the war and the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition for nearly 8 years.
According to a report issued Sunday by the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, the number of displaced has increased to 5,159, 560 displaced by the end of August 2022, and they suffer from a great shortage of food and the necessities of life, and the suffering of the displaced has been exacerbated by the decision of international organizations to reduce humanitarian aid.
The number of displaced families reached 740,122 families, while the number of displaced individuals reached 5,159,560 individuals in 15 provinces.
The report elaborated that 1,168,664 displaced individuals do not receive aid until now, despite the continuous calls addressed to the organizations to assume their role and responsibilities towards the displaced.
The number of IDPs in the capital city, Sana’a, reached 694,127, and they reached 944,916 people in Hodeida province, while their number in Hajjah province amounted to 791,147 and 512,526 displaced persons in Saada province, the report added.
The report mentioned that the number of IDPs in Taiz province reached 511,231, in Amran province reached 294,455 people, 275,191 people in Dhamar province, and 226,177 people were displaced in Ibb province.
In Sanaa province, the number of IDPs reached 211, 253, and their number in Jawf province reached 219,219, and 124,432 displaced cases in Bayda province.
The Council report stated that the number of IDPs in Marib province reached 155,202 persons, and the number in Rayma province reached 62,608 persons, in Mahweet province their number amounted to 54,915 displaced persons, and 82,341 displaced persons in Al-Dhalea province.
https://en.ypagency.net/279668/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/27/over-5-million-yemenis-internally-displaced-by-war/
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Film: Displaced persons in Jabal Zaid camp struggle with hunger and illness
Jabal Zaid displacement camp in Taiz governorate in Yemen lacks the basic needs, as many displaced persons in the camp suffer from hunger and illness. Displaced persons in the camp complain from the lack of basic healthcare services and medical centers to treat urgent cases. Many Yemenis fled their homes years ago to escape the shelling and war, that caused them to became homeless, unable to have the most basic needs of living. The living conditions of displaced persons in camps are deteriorating as imminent famine looms amid a humanitarian crisis as a result of the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqqM7lqwGr4
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Film: Winter exacerbates suffering of displaced persons in Taiz
As winter approaches, displaced persons in Jabal Zaid camp in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen, face double the suffering due to the lack of basic needs and supplies including tents, blankets, and mattresses to protect them from the cold weather, amid inability of government authorities and international and humanitarian organizations to provide the needed support. Displaced persons call on concerned authorities and humanitarian organizations to provide the camp with supplies to protect them from the cold of winter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neTd7k7yZ3E
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Massive fire breaks out in IDPs camp in Hodeida
A massive fire broke in a camp for Internally displaced people (IDPs) in the coastal district of Al-Khokha, southwest of Hodeida governorate, amid continuous repetition of fire incidents in camps for displaced people in the same district.
Local sources said the fire, which erupted in the al-Alili camp, destroyed six houses, in addition to causing damages to other houses.
Sources added that the displaced people in the camp were able to put out the fire before it spread to the rest of the houses, (which are built of mud, straw and tree branches).
https://en.ypagency.net/279537/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/25/major-fire-breaks-out-in-al-khokha-refugee-camp/ n
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As part of CCCM roles & responsibilities for site management. @monarelief's CCCM team continued for the 3rd day conducting awareness sessions on hygiene & cleanliness issues.The sessions targeted 89 HHs at al-Khamees IDPs hosting site in Sana'a.
@monarelief's CCCM & protection team conduct recreational activities to support the psychological status of children at al-Khamees eastern and western IDPs hosting sites in Sana'a MR provided the PSS activity for 160 children who spent a funn full day with MR team. (photos)
https://twitter.com/monarelief/status/1596176749678989312
https://twitter.com/monarelief/status/1596176879878389764
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Film: Displaced Students in Al-Bireen Camp struggle with hard educational conditions
Many displaced students in Al-Bareen camp in Taiz governorate, southwestern Yemen, have lost their opportunity for education, as they did not find a place in the camp's schools. Schools lack qualified teaching staff and educational supplies, as classrooms are crowded with students who do not have seats and sit on the floor to receive their education. The director of the executive unit in the camp, Bassam Al-Hamidi, told the A24 reporter that there are about 400 children in the camp, some of whom study in the only small school in the camp with simple capacities, and the rest did not enrolled in school due to overcrowding. He pointed to the poor educational and health conditions in the camp, which includes about 2,500 families.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MkNktMl_F0
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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard I Reporting Period: 13 to 19 November 2022
From 1 January to 19 November 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 9,497 households (HH) (56,982 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.
Between 13 and 19 November 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 125 households (750 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:
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Perilous Journeys for Migrants Seeking Better Lives Out of Horn of Africa
Despite their fears, their hope for a better life in the Gulf drives them to push on.
“I hope that we will not face any problems and reach Saudi Arabia safely, InshAllah,” says Ahmed.
The boat usually departs on Sunday and Thursday evenings and arrives on the shores of Yemen’s Shabwah or Hadramaut Governorates by dawn.
Before allowing them to board, the smugglers count the migrants – a standard practice to ensure that only those who have paid for the journey get onboard. To be able to squeeze everyone in, passengers are forced to leave their belongings on the beach. Some even throw away their identity documents, convinced that anonymity will dissuade the authorities from sending them back should they get intercepted.
The country’s instability, coupled with a historically brutal drought and other effects of climate change, is deepening the drivers of irregular migration through and from the Horn of Africa, forcing thousands of vulnerable people to attempt risky journeys.
Youth like Musab and Ahmed are often lured by smugglers and traffickers to make irregular and dangerous journeys in the hopes of getting better job opportunities in the Gulf.
This September alone, roughly 4,000 Ethiopians arrived in Puntland with the intention of crossing into Yemen. So far, in 2022, more than 50,000 migrants have arrived in Yemen through the Eastern Route – arguably the world’s busiest migration corridor taken by those leaving the Horn of Africa for the Gulf States. An estimated 60 per cent of them are travelling through or from Somalia.
“Migrants taking the Eastern Route are not always aware of the true total cost and impact the journey can have on their lives – financially, physically, and mentally,” explains Memory Mwale, Coordinator for the Regional Migrant Response Plan with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Some migrants spend months in Bosaso, doing menial jobs to make enough money to pay the smugglers for the onward trip. Others get stranded and hope to either return home or continue the journey but have no means to do so.
“There is an urgent need to raise awareness among youth to help them make informed decisions and prevent them from being exposed to abuse, detention and extortion,” Mwale says.
Under the project, IOM works with partners and governments to assist and protect vulnerable migrants from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti moving to and from Yemen. Through the plan, IOM supports migration response centres at strategic locations on the route. At the centres, migrants can access medical care, water, food, and information. They can also register for assisted voluntary return to their communities of origin.
Staff from IOM’s centre in Bosaso regularly visit migrant houses in the city to conduct awareness-raising activities and to identify people in vulnerable situations who might need life-saving assistance. They also refer migrants to safehouses managed by local organizations or to government hospitals for treatment.
As many efforts as IOM and its partners are making, the needs are mounting and migrants continue to face grueling challenges along the route. Advocating for more regular migration pathways in the region remains critical.
https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/perilous-journeys-migrants-seeking-better-lives-out-horn-africa
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Within the CCCM activities @monarelief CCCM team in al-Khamis IDPs hosting site n Bani al-Hareth district in Sanaa city implemented today an awareness session for 85 of IDPs on hygiene & cleanliness of surrounding environment & distributed related brochures (photos)
https://twitter.com/monarelief/status/1594486175393546240
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CCCM Cluster Yemen - Situation Report (October 2022)
In 2022, the CCCM cluster noticed an increase of population from January to June. Since June the trend is a light decrease of population in sites, with only 2.3%.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-situation-report-october-2022
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CCCM Yemen - Field Mission Report, West Coast 24th - 27th October
The mission to the West Coast aims to assess and better understand the situation of managed IDP sites and to a lesser degree unmanaged IDP sites, in this Hub by National Cluster.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-yemen-field-mission-report-west-coast-24th-27th-october
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Film: Displaced persons use huts as shelter in Hajjah
Yemen ranks fourth in highest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) according to international organizations. Eight years of war have resulted in more than 1,220 IDP camps and settlements, 774 of which are in areas under control of the legitimate government, according to the Executive Unit for IDP Camps Management. More than 4,200 families, including 1,200 displaced families in 67 displacement sites, in Hajjah governorate in western Yemen, which is under control of the legitimate government, live in extremely difficult humanitarian and economic conditions, as most families resort to building huts more than twice a year and living in dilapidated tents due to the heavy rain and strong wind that destroy their homes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ESpnzgVoE
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Yemeni diplomat calls for Arab and Islamic unity against promotion of homosexuality
Member of the national negotiating delegation, Abdul-Malik al-Ajri, called on all Arab and Islamic countries to prevent homosexual advocates from entering their lands.
He considered that homosexuality threats to the natural family.
“The West would impose its foolishness on all international forums as a condition for obtaining support and grants to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,” Al-Ajri said on Twitter account.
He stressed that the West has turned into an official advocate of all that is abnormal in human morals.
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A restaurant owner in #Iran-backed Houthi areas in Yemen found his restaurant burnt to the ground after publishing that he would slaughter 4 sheep to celebrate if #Saudis won against Argentina. He was forced to issue a statement later stating that the fire was a workers fault.
https://twitter.com/YemeniFatima/status/1596526026657787906
referring to https://twitter.com/m_alsallaly/status/1596285593453039621 (with photo)
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Houthi militia wounds kid west of Al-Jawf province
A little child has been seriously injured after being shot by militiamen affiliated to one of the Houthi leaders in the west of Al-Jawf province.
https://en.26sepnews.net/2022/11/27/houthi-militia-wounds-kid-west-of-al-jawf-province/
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61780
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Parliament resumes its sessions
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3212725.htm
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Film: Watch this #Yemeni child completely brainwashed by Houthis' sectarian ideology. Death to America, Israel & Jews are not just empty slogans but will become actionable when needed as children have become cannon fodder for the #Iran-backed #Houthi militia.
https://twitter.com/YemeniFatima/status/1595453587299131392
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Prime Minister: Yemeni People Will Not Allow US-Saudi Aggression Steal Oil
The head of the Salvation Government, Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, affirmed that the Yemeni people will not accept the looting of their Oil and Gas under any justification.
In a statement to Almasirah TV, Bin Habtoor stated that "we have the right to defend our interests and the wealth of the Yemeni people." He added that "in the coming times, the ships will not be warned, but will be hit directly, and that the world should know that we will not let our people starve while they tamper with the wealth of Yemen."
He explained that US-Saudi mercenaries looted over $14 billion in Oil and Gas revenues and deposited them in the National Bank of Saudi Arabia without paying the employees' salaries.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/279237/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/11/22/prime-minister-looting-of-oil-wealth-will-never-be-accepted/
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31787.html
and
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Political Council: Yemen Will Do Whatever it Takes to Stop Looting its Wealth
Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammad al-Nuaimi, said today that "Sana'a will not allow the looting of Oil and Gas. We will not accept the starvation of the Yemeni people."
Al-Nuaimi said, "We will go to great lengths to deter and protect sovereign wealth."
He held the foreign companies involved in the stealing of Oil responsible for any tampering with Yemen's wealth, stressing that all those behind the ships will be held accountable.
and
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Supreme Economic: US-Saudi Mercenaries Bring in International Companies to Loot Yemeni Crude Oil
The media secretary of the Supreme Economic Committee, Ibrahim Al-Saraji, confirmed Monday that the US-Saudi mercenaries brought in international companies in an attempt to loot an amount of oil through the port of Al-Dhabba in Hadramout Governorate.
According to the (Saba) agency, Al-Saraji said: “In a new attempt to loot the sovereign wealth represented in crude oil, the aggression's mercenaries' brought in the PRATIKA oil tanker and two launchers, in addition to six unidentified warships, noting that this time international smuggling companies were used, which own an oil tanker and launchers.
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World Cup 2022: Yemen's Houthis congratulate Saudi Arabia for win over Argentina
On Tuesday, Daifallah al-Shami, a member of the Houthi political bureau and spokesperson for the information minister in Sanaa, tweeted his praise of the Saudi football team.
"A thousand congratulations for the victory of the Saudi national team over its Argentina team. This victory put Arab football back on the map," Shami said.
and
(A P)
Yemen rebels withdraw congratulations to Saudi Arabia over World Cup win
and also https://www.newarab.com/news/houthi-u-turn-after-congratulating-rival-saudi-arabia-win
and
(A P)
Yemenis divided over support for Saudi Arabia after World Cup win
Several leaders of the Houthi rebels initially congratulated the Saudi team, before retracting their comments.
Mohammad Abdelwasi al-Wajeeh, a TV anchor for the Houthis’ Al Masirah channel, said he was offended by Yemeni support for Saudi Arabia.
“Whoever said that football is a soft war [soft power] method by which Westerners pass on whatever they want to billions of people … is right,” al-Wajeeh said.
“It offended me a lot when the majority congratulated the Saudi team because they are Arab … they can all go to hell.”
Another Houthi supporter on Twitter said he “did not, and will not, celebrate the Saudi national team’s win over Argentina”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/24/yemenis-divided-support-saudi-arabia-world-cup-win
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Four Yemen women shot injured in Ibb, the latest in literally endless Houthi abuses
Houthi militants arbitrarily shot injured four women in their house in the central Yemen governorate of Ibb on Sunday, local sources have said.
An influential Houthi militia wanting to widen a lane at the expense of a villager's private property in Alsahla village in Ibb's Hubaysh district set his face against the villager (Sadeq Al-Rifaee), had the poor man's house raided, the house brick fence knocked down and female family members shot injured.
When Al-Rifaee's female relatives tried to stand in the way of the gunmen who want to knock down the fence, the Houthi militants hurled a grenade and opened fire toward them injuring the four of them and an elderly one of them (in her eighties) now sustains critical injuries.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61710
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Yemeni Defence Minister gives detailed report on status of Armed Forces
In its regular meeting on Sunday, the Cabinet listened to the report of the Minister of Defence Major General Mohammad Nasser Al-Atifi on the situation on the fronts in light of the continued violations of the Stockholm Agreement by the US-Saudi aggression and mercenaries, especially on the western coast.
The Minister of Defence affirmed that Sana’a adhered to the last agreed truce, and was keen to reduce the level of tension and non-escalation, despite the violations and the aggressors, occupiers and their mercenaries brought more weapons to the occupied provinces, regions and islands.
Al-Atifi pointed out that what they are doing in terms of preparations at all military levels confirms that their resort to the truce was to rearrange their situation to prepare to continue their blatant and wanton aggression against Yemen.
(A K P)
[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni Navy Has Full Ability to Protect Intl. Sea Lanes, Trade Routes
Yemen is the one that has the right to protection and sovereignty over the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Commander of the Coastal Defense Forces affiliated to the Sana'a Forces Major General Mohammad Al-Qadri confirmed.
He pointed out that the Yemeni navy has the full ability to protect international sea lanes and trade routes, and to pull the rug out from under the forces of the US-Saudi aggression.
“The forces of aggression claim the security of the international sea lanes, and these excuses are flimsy and have become exposed to control Yemen's geographical location,” the Commander of the Coastal Defense Forces said. “This will not happen, as the capabilities of the Yemeni naval forces have grown day after day.”
He added that the Yemeni naval forces today possess what qualifies them to have the final say in Yemeni territorial waters.
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Film: Recruitment of #Yemeni children in Houthi-controlled areas begins at the school. Textbook, school theater, school activities..It is used to recruit children and influence their thinking
https://twitter.com/Mayyun_Ar/status/1594463710050926592
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Ammar Saleh sentenced to death, 12 Americans get imprisonment for 10 years
The Central Military Court in Sana'a on Sunday convicted Ammar Muhammad Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar - former agent of the National Security Agency, and 12 defendants of the American nationality, of committing the crime of destroying the Yemeni state's capabilities of missiles and air defense batteries, in the Case No. 31 of 1442 AH.
The court's judgment convicted Ammar Muhammad Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar and punished him with the death penalty, and sentenced the 12 American convicts to ten years imprisonment.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3211928.htm
18 traitors sentenced to death for killing, torturing 26 prisoners
The Central Military District Court in Sana'a today, on Sunday, convicted 18 of the traitors convicted of killing and torturing 26 prisoners of the army and the popular committees, in Criminal Case No. 21 of 1443 AH.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3211927.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/279041/
11 traitors sentenced to death for killing, torturing captives on western coast
The Fifth Military District Court of Sana'a on Sunday convicted 11 traitors of murder and torture of 11 prisoners of army and popular committees on the western coast in the Criminal Case No. 7 of 1443 AH.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3211924.htm
My remark: Mostly in absentia.
(A T)
Judge escapes assassination leaving civilian killed, woman injured
A Yemeni civilian on Friday night was killed and a woman was injured in an attempted assassination that targeted a judge in Sana'a City, according to local media sources.
Two unidentified armed men on a motorbike threw a bomb at Judge Ahmed al-Roudhi in the vicinity of Tahreer Square.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31736.html
(A P)
Security forces seize 128 kg of hashish in Marib, Hajjah
https://en.ypagency.net/278931/
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp6 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-832b-yemen-war-mosaic-832b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-831-yemen-war-mosaic-831
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-831 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-831:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose oder / or http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
Der saudische Luftkrieg im Bild / Saudi aerial war images:
(18 +, Nichts für Sensible!) / (18 +; Graphic!)
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
http://yemendataproject.org/data/
Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:
Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:
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