Rainy season worsens cholera crisis in Yemen; UN agencies deliver clean water, food

New York, July 22(Just Earth News): Yemen is facing the world's largest cholera outbreak, the United Nations health agency on Friday warned, with 5,000 Yemenis falling sick every day – the majority of them children and the elderly.

UN refugee agency 'shocked' by reported airstrike and casualties in Yemen

New York, July 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said that it is “deeply shocked and saddened” at reports of the deaths and injuries of internally displaced persons in an aerial attack on the embattled Mawza district in Yemen's Taizz governorate.

Aid agenices in Yemen forced to shift resources from fighting hunger to cholera – UN

New York, July 12(Just Earth News): Unless the international community contributes $200 million to address the cholera outbreak in Yemen, the United Nations humanitarian arm will be forced to “reprogram” more resources tagged for malnutrition in the country already facing famine, a senior official on Tuesday said.

Civilian casualties continue to rise in Yemen, warns UN human rights office

New York, June 24(Just Earth News): The United Nations Human Rights Office in Yemen continues to document reports of civilian casualties in the conflict and had verified 49 civilian deaths over the past month, a UN spokesperson said on Friday.

Food insecurity threatens children in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia – UNICEF

New York, June 24(Just Earth News): Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that millions of lives are at risk in four countries stretching from Africa to the Middle East.