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Yemen: UN migration agency reports displacement spike in Taiz Governorate

Mar 04, 2017, at 05:28 am

New York, Mar 3 (Just Earth News): With nearly 274,000 people displaced, Yemen’s Taiz is now among the crisis-torn country’s top five hosting governorates for such populations, a United Nations report has found.

Yemen: UN says shelling in Taiz leaves dozens of civilian casualties

Oct 05, 2016, at 02:04 pm

New York, Oct 5 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is reporting that casualties continue to mount in war-torn Yemen, including after an incident yesterday evening in the central city of Taiz, where artillery fire on a busy street next to a market in Bir Basha, Al Mudhaffar district, left six children dead, six wounded and more than a dozen other casualties.

Yemen: Amid rising tensions in Taiz, senior UN official calls for humanitarian pause

Jul 28, 2016, at 04:39 am

New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): Extremely concerned by reports of rising tensions in Yemen’s Taizz governorate, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the crisis-gripped country has called for a “humanitarian pause” to protect civilians.

After first-hand visit to besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, senior UN official calls for unlimited access for aid

Jan 24, 2016, at 02:55 pm

New York, Jan 24 (JEN/IBNS) Senior United Nations humanitarian officials today called on the authorities and various factions in war-torn Yemen to allow sustained access into the besieged central city of Taiz after seeing first-hand the desperate state of its inhabitants, who lack critical medical supplies, food and other basic needs for survival.

Yemen: Parties at UN-facilitated talks agree on delivery of humanitarian aid in Taiz

Dec 18, 2015, at 03:26 pm

New York, Dec 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) On the third day of the United Nations-sponsored negotiations on ending the crisis in Yemen, the participants, meeting in Switzerland, have reached an agreement which allows for a full and immediate resumption of humanitarian assistance to the central city of Taiz.

Yemen: UN delivers life-saving food aid to nearly 150,000 besieged residents in Taiz

Dec 11, 2015, at 03:07 pm

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Braving fighting, airstrikes and checkpoints to bring life-saving aid to Yemenis living in dire conditions under a virtual state of siege, United Nations convoys have reached the central city of Taiz with enough food for nearly 145,000 people for a month, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.

Central Yemeni city of Taiz under virtual siege, 200,000 need water, food: UN chief

Nov 25, 2015, at 03:42 pm

New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The situation in the central Yemeni city of Taiz has worsened amid intensified fighting since September, with 200,000 civilians living under virtual siege, in dire need drinking water, food, medical treatment, and other life-saving aid, the top United Nations relief official said on Tuesday.

UN official pleads for access to Yemeni city of Taiz to avert humanitarian tragedy

Oct 30, 2015, at 02:34 pm

New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday pleaded for the "safe and immediate access" to Taiz, where food aid last reached the besieged city in southern Yemen five weeks ago, warning that "if this situation continues the damage from hunger will be irreversible."

Yemen: 3.3 million people in need of critical aid in besieged Taiz, warns WHO

Oct 22, 2015, at 05:33 pm

New York, Oct 22 (IBNS): The top United Nations health official in Yemen is appealing for unrestricted access to Taiz, where "innocent lives are at risk" in the besieged highland city where more than 3.3 million people are in critical need of health assistance, safe drinking water, food and fuel.