Yemen’s war disrupts roads and ports, deepening humanitarian crisis
Civilian displacement surges as key Yemen roads close, leaving thousands in camps amid dire humanitarian challenges.
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Civilian displacement surges as key Yemen roads close, leaving thousands in camps amid dire humanitarian challenges.
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Nearly 130,000 people have been displaced across seven governorates in Yemen due to escalating insecurity, with many of them having been displaced multiple times, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
In Cameroon, insecurity is triggering a fresh wave of displacement in the Far North. Following an attack attributed to Boko Haram that left 15 people dead, thousands of residents are fleeing towards border towns, raising fears of another humanitarian crisis
An estimated 125,000 people, including more than 57,000 children, have fled since hostilities erupted in July between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Yemeni government and its ally Saudi Arabia, with the UN calling it one of the most rapid and volatile waves of displacement in Yemen in years. Thousands have even been making the dangerous crossing across the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Djibouti, many of them children, travelling in extreme heat, often without enough water.
Aid efforts are being hampered by damaged roads, restricted access and a shortage of funding, as fears grow of a wider humanitarian catastrophe.
Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen has displaced more than 100,000 people inside the country, while thousands more have fled abroad, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Thousands of Yemenis are fleeing renewed fighting and arriving at makeshift Al Kadha camp in Taiz. The UN says 125,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks.
Thousands making risky maritime journey to Djibouti as conflict between Yemen gov't and Houthis intensifies.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Yemen in recent days, fleeing the advance of Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Some 1,400 people escaped across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa.
With lost livelihoods, destroyed homes and little security, many displaced Lebanese are facing an entrenched reality.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warns that the figure is rising 'by the hour'.
Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.
Government-Houthi clashes in Taiz intensify, displacing thousands and threatening vital roadways to the Red Sea coast.