World News
Yemen
William Lambers
March 17, 2012
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says 5 million Yemenis are facing severe hunger.
Irena Knehtl
February 19, 2012
It has become more and more difficult to produce food. Small farmers hold the key to food self sufficiency. They are needed to feed Yemen. Tomorrow we shall need them to feed the world
Irena Knehtl
February 05, 2012
India has a long-standing mercantile connection with Western Arabia, notably Yemen, as a part of the ancient network in the Arabian Sea and in the Indian Ocean
William Lambers
January 28, 2012
at your next meal, you could take in an infant child in Yemen who needs plumpy'nut to prevent potentially deadly malnutrition
William Lambers
January 02, 2012
Dr. Rajia Sharhan witnesses this crisis unfold daily as a nutrition specialist for UNICEF Yemen.
William Lambers
December 29, 2011
In the following interview Geert Cappelaere, director of UNICEF in Yemen, discusses the fast-developing humanitarian crisis and how we can take action.
William Lambers
December 08, 2011
The low funding for WFP Yemen unfolded at the same time food prices increased during political instability
William Lambers
October 18, 2011
WFP director Josette Sheeran warns of the hunger threat in Yemen
William Lambers
October 09, 2011
Over one million Yemenis did not receive emergency food rations in September because of low funding for the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
William Lambers
October 02, 2011
Relief for the displaced in Aden is part of WFP's larger operation to feed 2.5 million impoverished Yemenis impacted by high food prices.
William Lambers
September 27, 2011
Many children in Yemen never recover after being attacked by malnutrition. Intervention is needed swiftly.
William Lambers
September 22, 2011
Millions of Yemenis are already deeply mired in hunger and poverty. Many are getting by on very little sustenance as it is. A civil war will push Yemen closer and closer to famine.
William Lambers
September 18, 2011
But while the military component of the U.S. response in Yemen is surging, hunger relief plans, including life-saving interventions for infants, remain low on funding
William Lambers
September 15, 2011
Far less reported are areas where the international community can take action immediately: hunger and malnutrition
William Lambers
September 12, 2011
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it needs almost $60 million for its 2011 relief operation to help feed the hungry in Yemen
William Lambers
September 09, 2011
The political crisis needs to get resolved quickly and peacefully. But Yemen clearly needs more. Child hunger takes center stage.
William Lambers
August 22, 2011
Now is the time for this intervention, rather than waiting till you have an epic-scale humanitarian disaster. Enough warnings have been sounded.
Gary S. Bekkum
August 15, 2011
2009 psychic data that al Qaeda is seeking chemical and biological sourced weapons materials to be planted in explosive devices has now been confirmed by the New York Times.
William Lambers
August 06, 2011
All it takes is for a few in power to decide to take action to save the children and save Yemen.
William Lambers
July 27, 2011
Enter Plumpy'nut. This is a special peanut paste that if given to children can rescue them from the potentially deadly malnutrition. It is desperately needed in Yemen.
William Lambers
July 25, 2011
According to Pennsylvania Senator Robert Casey, "we must be prepared to address a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis" in Yemen.
Irena Knehtl
July 19, 2011
Crossing Places: An isolated archipelago in the Indian Ocean was for centuries an important strategic and trade destination for empire builders and merchants riding the trade winds. With the end of isolation, countless new pressures could change the fragile island, interview
William Lambers
July 13, 2011
The Obama administration recently stated the urgency of "resolving the political crisis in Sanaa so that the Yemeni Government and people can successfully confront the serious challenges they face."
The terrorist group Al Qaeda is clearly one of these major challenges. So too are hunger a...
William Lambers
July 03, 2011
The international community needs to focus more on what the people of Yemen need: and that starts with basics of food, water, fuel
William Lambers
June 26, 2011
Of all the turmoil facing Yemen, from Al Qaeda to political unrest, it is hunger which might topple the country.
William Lambers
June 22, 2011
Families are resorting to reducing or even skipping meals or diverting money from health care. It's a downward spiral to increased malnutrition and disease. That is what is unfolding in Yemen.
William Lambers
June 16, 2011
Battles in Southern Yemen between the government and suspected Al Qaeda militants are causing a humanitarian crisis.
William Lambers
June 12, 2011
A report in the New York Times said the United States is launching attacks against Al Qaeda in Southern Yemen. But while the U.S. is stepping up the pressure militarily, it also needs to help Yemenis fight hunger and malnutrition.
The conflict between President Saleh and those seeking his removal h...
William Lambers
June 06, 2011
The new wave of displacement is the latest round of suffering for a country that has seen conflict in the north and unrest in the south for years. The recent political unrest and violence in the capital is making matters much worse
William Lambers
June 04, 2011
Here is what you can do to help aid agencies working in Yemen. Even a donation of a dollar can buy several servings of a food like plumpynut, which can save a child in Yemen from deadly malnutrition.
William Lambers
June 01, 2011
The Sa'ada region of Yemen is desperately in need of food aid, medical supplies, reconstruction and a lasting peace
Ali Abdullah ezzani
May 26, 2011
The hidden truth about Yemen's wealth, including gold and other minerals!
William Lambers
May 26, 2011
A civil war will only plunge this already suffering country into depths from which it may never recover
William Lambers
May 26, 2011
The smallest children in Yemen have their own struggle against deadly malnutrition. Yemen has one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world
William Lambers
May 25, 2011
Support the basics in Yemen. Fund the relief programs by aid agencies. Devise a plan that provides long-term solutions to the crushing poverty in the country
William Lambers
May 21, 2011
The charity Save the Children is starting an initiative to help impoverished families in Northern Yemen put food on the table
Ali Abdullah ezzani
May 18, 2011
The uprisings in the Arab world and 2012!
William Lambers
May 16, 2011
Tragically, we are missing one golden opportunity by not fully supporting the WFP hunger relief mission in Yemen
William Lambers
May 06, 2011
At that time Maria Santamarina of WFP compiled the words of Arwa and other children in the hopes of getting their message out to the world and saving the program. It's still possible to restart Food for Education, it's just waiting for the international community to act.
William Lambers
May 02, 2011
There is great excitement over the death of Osama Bin Laden,butrealize there is a long road ahead of us for peace and security.
Irena Knehtl
April 30, 2011
I´m one of those youth who are calling for change! That`s why the book signing ceremony was held at the Change Square in Sana`a.
William Lambers
April 28, 2011
Food safety nets for Yemenis will play a vital, stabilizing role as the country continues to sort out its political problems. Without these safety nets, it will compound an already tense situation.
William Lambers
April 14, 2011
Who suffer the most from this tragedy? Children. Last year three Yemeni children got to voice their message of hope for their embattled country
William Lambers
April 04, 2011
Hungry people do not make for a smooth political process in any country. Policy makers everywhere better not forget this in Yemen.
William Lambers
March 28, 2011
We do not have to sit by helpless. We can help avert a tragedy by encouraging dialogue between the protesters and the government forces. We can take action to alleviate one major crisis point: hunger and malnutrition.
William Lambers
March 26, 2011
Regardless of what happens on the political front, Yemen faces massive challenges going forward. Chief among these is the hunger and malnutrition which impacts millions of Yemenis.
William Lambers
March 24, 2011
For Yemen, there is no real alternative to peace. This country has had enough conflict.
William Lambers
March 20, 2011
Food can be a source of stability and hope during a tumultuous period in Yemen
William Lambers
March 05, 2011
If we are looking to make sound investments in foreign policy, then school feeding is the place to go
Qeerransoo Biyyaa
February 22, 2011
According to recent reports obtained by HRLHA from its correspondents in SanaŽa, Yemen, about 300 (three hundred) refugees from Ethiopia are currently languishing in an underground detention camp in Jawazat locality in the city of SanaŽa. The detainees have been subjected to a high health risk resulting from suffocations and over-crowdedness in the underground prison.
