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Yemen Online
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yemen Online
WFP Yemen Annual Country Report 2024
While relative calm prevailed on the frontlines of Yemen, the 10th year of crisis saw a continued lack of diplomatic progress, the destabilizing impacts of regional crises, climate shocks, and a deepening economic crisis. WFP assisted one in every four people in Yemen in 2024 through its second-largest operation worldwide. However, operational, contextual, and fiscal challenges significantly curtailed the scale and scope of WFP activities. WFP operationalized a new programmatic direction to maximize the impact of scarce resources. This includedthe resumption of food assistance in areas under the Sana'a-based authorities after an eight-month pause.
Khabar Agency
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Khabar Agency
From Abduction to Organ Trade: Inside the Houthi's Shadow Networks Targeting Children
File Photo A chilling discovery in Yemen's Ibb Governorate has laid bare a web of atrocities tied to Houthi militias, as the mutilated body of two-year-old Haitham Mokhtar Mohammed was found in Al-Udayn District. The toddler, missing for a week, was recovered with severe injuries—a crushed skull, severed hands, and a amputated foot—marking one of the most gruesome crimes in recent memory. Local sources say the killing is linked to organized gangs operating under Houthi security cover, part of a broader pattern of kidnappings and human trafficking plaguing Houthi-controlled areas. The murder coincides with a surge in child disappearances across Sana'a and Ibb, where families accuse Houthi authorities of extortion and deliberate negligence. Relatives report being forced to pay exorbitant sums to militia-linked police for 'investigation costs,' only to face fabricated rescue scenarios or endless delays. 'They profit from our desperation,' one mother told Khabar Agency, echoing widespread Houthi institutionalized corruption. Security insiders reveal clandestine networks, supervised by Houthi intelligence figures, that target children for forced recruitment, street begging, or organ trafficking. Victims endure psychological manipulation to break resistance, with reports of children as young as five being sold to shadowy intermediaries. Analysts assert these crimes are not isolated but a revenue stream for Houthi military operations. 'Trafficking networks bankroll their war machine,' said a Sana'a-based researcher, citing evidence of militia leaders overseeing smuggling routes. Despite mounting outcry from rights groups, Houthi officials enforce media blackouts and block independent inquiries, fueling suspicions of high-level complicity. Amid ongoing violations, local and international human rights organizations are increasingly demanding a transparent international investigation into human trafficking crimes in Houthi-controlled areas and accountability for those involved. Rights activists are urging the international community to pressure the Houthis to halt these crimes targeting children and violating fundamental human rights standards. They warn that silence only emboldens the militia to perpetuate its atrocities unchecked.
Yemen Online
27-02-2025
- Yemen Online
WFP Yemen Situation Report #1, 17 February 2025
HIGHLIGHTS • The food security situation in Yemen remains alarming, with WFP data showing 64 percent of households nationwide unable to access sufficient food. • Evidence shows that WFP's Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) worked to improve food security outcomes in targeted districts under the Sana'a-based authorities. • Under WFP's school feeding programme, WFP expanded its Healthy Kitchen-project to an additional 6,000 students in Sana'a city and 1,000 students in Al Hodeidah city. • Eight UN staff members (including seven from WFP) were detained by security forces in northern Yemen on 23-25 January. One WFP staff member died in custody on 10 February.
