Yemen

Obsessed with violence, engulfed in chaos for years, Yemen's problems may be growing even more and even entering an environmental crisis. Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with an ax as his 12-year-old nephew helps split logs. In a war-torn country, al-Emadi must turn to logging in its northern al-Mahweet region to earn a living. An economic collapse has wiped out the agricultural and construction work for which he used to travel around the country. However, as…

"President Kaïs Saïed attacks the institutions", headlineRelease. "The Tunisian head of state has given himself full executive powers, closed parliament and fired the prime minister. Deputies have started a sit-in and condemn a coup ". Here is the scene that Libéqui puts here sees "a coup of power by Kaïs Saïed".Le Figaroalso notes that the president gave Ennahdha a real "blow", but that "the border of the Islamist party…

Starvation is one of the most serious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the new report from NGO Oxfam, published on July 9, 2021, the number of people suffering from hunger has increased sixfold since the pandemic began. Currently, seven people die every minute of the pandemic around the world. But NGO Oxfam…

As many as 300 migrants may have died after a ship recently capsized off the coast of Yemen, highlighting the dangers of a long migration route from the Horn of Africa to the rich Gulf states in search of work, a UN official said on Thursday. UN resident and humanitarian coordinator David Gressly said the immigration crisis was increasing the pressure on an already serious humanitarian situation in Yemen. Gressly made his comments during a webinar sponsored by the National Council on US-Arab relations. It came just a…

The Saudi military coalition in Yemen said on Wednesday that it had established a presence on a strategic island at the entrance to the Red Sea to counter perceived threats to maritime trade from the Iran-adapted Houthi movement, according to a report on the mysterious base. of no nation. The statement was issued in response to a report by the Associated Press (AP) referring to Yemeni officials who said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was behind an air base that has appeared on the island of Perim, also known as Mayun, in…

Every year, thousands of migrants make dangerous boat trips to war-torn Yemen, many with the aim of traveling overland to the Gulf countries in search of work. But recently, many migrants have called for it to stop, forcing a protracted and often dangerous flow out of the Horn of Africa at sea and then north through Yemen to the Gulf states for work. Their hopes for a better future have been thwarted by coronavirus restrictions and security conditions, leaving them in a country where millions are…

A boat carrying 60 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in eastern Africa, causing 34 migrants to drown, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday, during what was the second migratory drowning incident that occurred over a two-week period. Survivors reported that the boat capsized in the rough sea around 4 o'clock (afternoon GMT) after leaving Yemen with about 60 passengers on board, an IOM official in Djibouti told Agence France-Presse (AFP) and asked not to be named.…

Because the battle between Iranian - backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi - backed exile authorities continues to ravage Yemen, an historical desert metropolis of explicit curiosity to international events appears to play a vital position in understanding broader boiling tensions within the Center East. Combating has erupted within the mountains exterior Marib throughout a time when Houthi rebels, who maintain the Yemeni capital Sanaa, are making an attempt to grab the town, which is essential to the nation's power provide.…

The Sudanese mercenaries fighting the Houthi rebels in the ranks of the "Arab coalition" along with the government recognized by the international community withdrew from the strategic city of Aden in southern Yemen on Sunday, March 21. . Faced with this withdrawal, a Saudi soldier confined himself to stating, without further clarification, that "their mission in the city is over". For its part, Sudan…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 20 migrants have been killed after smugglers threw 80 overboard during a trip from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen. A statement said that "smugglers started shouting that there were too many on board" after the boat with 200 migrants, including children under 18, got off on Wednesday. IOM says five bodies have been recovered and survivors are being treated in Djibouti. This has happened in the past when thousands of migrants continue to…