(UN News Centre) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned yesterday’s attack on a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sa’ada province, Yemen, which killed at least four people and injured many others. In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mr. Ban expressed his sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to the families of the […]
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(ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appalled by the continuing attacks on health care facilities in Yemen, the latest of which took place in the city of Taiz. “Al-Thawra hospital, one of the main health care facilities in Taiz which is providing treatment for about 50 injured people every day was reportedly […]
(New York Times) – A hospital in northern Yemen run by Doctors Without Borders was destroyed by warplanes belonging to a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, even though the coalition had been given the coordinates of the hospital, the relief organization said Tuesday. The airstrikes, about 10:30 p.m. Monday, forced the evacuation of staff and patients […]
(UN News Centre) – The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General condemns the airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition that hit the Hayadeen Medical Hospital, run by Médecins Sans Frontières with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization in Sa’dah governorate. The strikes reportedly […]
(Amnesty International) – The apparently deliberate targeting and destruction of a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in northern Yemen last night, which may amount to a war crime, demands an urgent, independent and thorough investigation, Amnesty International said today. According to sources on the ground, at around 11.30 pm on 26 October the Saudi Arabia-led […]
(UN News Centre) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today underscored the devastating toll six months of violence has taken on the children of Yemen, where at least 500 have lost their lives and more than 1.7 million are at risk of malnutrition. Across the country, nearly 10 million children – 80 per cent of the […]
(UNICEF) – The ongoing conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on the country’s health system, and exposing millions of children to the threat of preventable diseases, says UNICEF. “Children are not being vaccinated – either because health centres do not have electricity or the fuel they need to keep vaccines cold and distribute them, […]
(IRIN) – Aid agencies in Yemen are warning of dire consequences for the country’s children if the conflict there does not stop soon. Not only are children being killed and injured by bomb strikes and gunfire, but malnutrition and diarrhea are on the rise due to limited access to food and clean water and in the south […]
(IRIN News) – Humanitarians say they are still struggling to get uninterrupted access to Al Dhale Governorate in southern Yemen, which has seen fighting between militant separatists and the government since December 2013, leading to the deaths of an estimated 40 civilians. (Children killed and maimed as a result of fighting) Link
