HAJJAH, Yemen (Reuters) – Displaced by war, starving and living under a tree, 12-year-old Fatima Qoba weighed just 10kg when she was carried into a Yemeni malnutrition clinic. “All the fat reserves in her body have been used up, she
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HAJJAH, Yemen (Reuters) – Displaced by war, starving and living under a tree, 12-year-old Fatima Qoba weighed just 10kg when she was carried into a Yemeni malnutrition clinic. “All the fat reserves in her body have been used up, she
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Nadeen, a born and raised Yemeni woman in her late twenties, is not new to the faith. Before a civil war broke out in her country in 2015, she had already accepted Christ. A Christian woman she met at university
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Hundreds of Yemeni orphans may be forced onto the streets due to a lack of government funding, according to the head of the country’s largest orphanage. The Dar Ri’ayat al-Aytam orphanage in Sanaa has been struggling with a lack of funds
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As the crisis in Yemen continues to unfold, a major appeal has been launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Christian agencies including CAFOD, Tearfund, World Vision and Christian Aid are among the DEC members responding to the situation, which
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In what appears to be a blow to UN-backed efforts to end 20 months of war, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and their political allies, have formed a new government. The Supreme Political Council, a body through which the Houthi’s have
Read moreThe evangelical NGO Tearfund says the situation in Yemen is so dire that it should be ranked alongside the devastating crisis in Iraq and Syria. “The statistics speak for themselves” says an article on Tearfund’s website. “Over 21 million people urgently
Read moreThe UN’s humanitarian aid chief has described the sight of Yemeni children suffering malnutrition as a result of the country’s 18-month conflict as “absolutely devastating.” According to the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, nearly three million people in Yemen are in
Read moreYemen is facing what some people are calling “the worst year in the history of Yemen”, with violence and poverty both making their mark on the civilian population, especially in this month of Ramadan. A wave of suicide bombings yesterday in
Read moreRival sides in Yemen’s year-long conflict began a tentative truce overnight on Sunday, saying they were committed to the halt in hostilities despite pockets of deadly fighting in the hours leading up to it. The conflict between the Yemeni army
Read moreSince the war in Yemen broke out last year, more than 2.4 million Yemenis have been internally displaced by the fighting. Last Wednesday reports started to circulate of an agreement of a nationwide cessation of hostilities starting next month. Many
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