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More Somalis fleeing to Yemen

GENEVA, 26 August 2011 (IRIN) - An increasing number of Somalis, fleeing drought and insecurity, are making their way to Yemen aboard overcrowded, rickety boats, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said. full report

YEMEN: Violence threatens children’s health

 ADEN, 18 August 2011 (IRIN) - Continuing fighting in various parts of Yemen, which has recently displaced thousands of people especially in Abyan Governorate and the Arhab District of Sana’a, could compromise the nutritional status of those affected, especially children, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) warns. full report

YEMEN: Warnings of “Somalization”

 SANA’A, 4 August 2011 (IRIN) - As violence in Yemen continues and the death toll mounts, observers see not only threats to the country’s emerging democracy, but also the possibility of all-out civil war. full report

YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 26 June

SANA’A, 25 July 2011 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in almost five months of civil unrest that has dragged the country to the brink of civil war. Below is a timeline of key events since 26 June. full report

YEMEN: Conflict generating more child soldiers

 SANA’A, 20 July 2011 (IRIN) - Clad in military fatigues at a recently established checkpoint west of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, 15-year-old Walid tried to sling an AK-47 assault rifle over his shoulder but the gun was too big for his short physique. full report

Analysis: Why the “Arab Spring” matters to immigrants in Europe

 MARSEILLE, 18 July 2011 (IRIN) - Ali Ghanai arrived in France from Tunisia in March, keen to escape poverty, see a bit of the world and provide for his family in a village in the impoverished south, but the 24-year-old stone mason now wants to return home, heavily disillusioned after weeks of harassment by the French authorities, sleeping rough and living off the kindness of strangers. full report

YEMEN: TV appearance sparks fresh wave of violence

 SANA’A, 13 July 2011 (IRIN) - A surprise 7 July appearance on Yemeni state TV by President Ali Abdullah Saleh is behind a recent country-wide spike in violence, say observers. full report

YEMEN: Soaring food, fuel prices hit poor hardest

 SANA'A, 6 July 2011 (IRIN) - Motorbike taxi driver Abdulkarim Mohammed has been finding it increasingly difficult over the past few months to buy sufficient food for his eight-member family in Yemen. full report

MIDDLE EAST: Humanitarian aid best practice guidelines updated

 ABU DHABI, 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - The launch of an Arabic version of the 2011 Sphere Handbook, which sets out best practice in the delivery of humanitarian aid, comes at a time of major political, economic and social change across the Middle East and should help streamline humanitarian responses, say aid officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). full report

YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 18 May

 SANA'A, 24 June 2011 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in the four-month-long protests against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Below is a timeline of key events since 18 May: full report

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