¤ YEMEN: Little hope of swift return for Abyan IDPs
 ADEN 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - When Abdullah al-Hasani, 55, fled his home in the Khanfar District of Yemen’s Abyan Governorate eight months ago, he hoped some day to return and grow watermelons. |
¤ YEMEN: Over 40 killed in sectarian clashes
 SANA'A 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - At least 46 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Houthi-led Shia rebels and pro-government Sunni Salafi gunmen in the northwestern Yemeni governorate of Hajjah, assistant head of Hajjah security department Atif Sulaiman told IRIN. |
¤ Analysis: 2012 – “The Year of Crisis” in the Middle East
 DUBAI 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - If you thought 2011 was a historic year for the Middle East, 2012 is likely to be even more unpredictable. |
¤ YEMEN: Coping with unrest - aid workers turn to the community
 SANA'A 11 January 2012 (IRIN) - Unrest in Yemen for almost a year has affected the government’s capacity to function, forcing aid agencies to work more closely with, and through, community-level partners and volunteers, says a senior aid worker with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). |
¤ MIDDLE EAST: The year that was
 DUBAI 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - When hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world poured into the streets in 2011 to demand freedom from dictatorship, they set in motion a series of events which not only created humanitarian needs in countries that were otherwise relatively stable, but also exacerbated existing humanitarian and developmental challenges. |
¤ YEMEN: Yemen malnutrition data should "shock"
 DUBAI 27 December 2011 (IRIN) - Aid workers hope "shocking" new malnutrition figures from a survey conducted in western Yemen will help highlight the serious humanitarian situation in the country and prompt donors to act immediately. |
¤ YEMEN: Unrest puts child marriage issue on back burner
 DHAMAR 22 December 2011 (IRIN) - Poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by the current political unrest, are driving up child marriages in Dhamar Governorate and elsewhere in Yemen, says Asmaa al-Masri, a sociologist at Dhamar University. |
