CONFLICT IN YEMEN HAS DISPLACED NEARLY 41,000 PEOPLE SINCE JANUARY

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Wed 07 July 2021:

The ongoing conflict in Yemen has displaced at least 40,824 people since January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday. 

Between Jan.1 and July 3, some 6,804 households which consisted of 40,824 people have experienced displacement at least once, it said in a statement.

Nothing that from June 27 to July 3, a total of 81 households which included 1,086 people had been displaced at least once, the statement indicated that the highest number of displacements occurred in Al Dhale, Marib and Al Hudaydah provinces during the period.

 

Education of 6m Yemeni children at risk

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that more than 6 million children in Yemen are at risk of missing out on education as armed conflict in the country continues into its seventh year.

UNICEF said that more than 2 million Yemeni children, both boys, and girls, have already dropped out of school due to poverty, conflict and lack of opportunities.

The UN organisation added that more than 170,000 teachers (two-thirds of the teachers in Yemen) have not received their salaries regularly for more than four years due to the conflict and geopolitical divisions, prompting them to look for other ways to provide for their families. This will put an additional four million children at risk of disrupting their education and dropping out of school.

Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when Houthi militias overran much of the country, including the capital, Sana’a. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the conflict has claimed more than 233,000 lives.

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