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ADEN, Yemen (AFP) — Al-Qaeda fighters have retreated from an oil-rich southern province of war-ravaged Yemen in the face of an assault by an elite United States-backed government force, a military official said Monday. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), seen by the US as the global network’s most dangerous franchise, has exploited Yemen’s war to expand its presence in the country’s south. But special forces, trained by the United Arab Emirates and backed by […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Authorities in Sanaa, which is controlled by Shiite rebels, have declared a state of emergency over a deadly outbreak of cholera that has spread rapidly in the Yemeni capital. The Huthi-run health ministry said in a statement carried overnight by the rebels’ Saba news agency that cases of cholera had worsened and that it was “unable to contain this disaster.” It launched an appeal for help from international humanitarian organizations to deal with […]
by Carole LANDRY Agence France Presse UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — UN aid agencies need $4.4 billion in emergency funding to address famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. More than 20 million people face starvation in the four countries and action is needed now to avert a humanitarian disaster, Guterres told a news conference at UN headquarters. “We need $4.4 billion by the end of […]
UNITED NATION, UNITED States (AFP) — Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews Net, the famine early warning system, said some remote areas of Nigeria’s Borno state […]
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) — Yemeni rebels have abducted a dozen local staff working for the Norwegian Refugee Council in the Red Sea district of Hodeida, a minister and local sources said Monday. Local sources told AFP the employees, all Yemeni citizens, were taken in a Thursday raid over accusations they had accepted and distributed aid from a Saudi-led coalition, which has been battling the Huthi rebels since March 2015. The 12 employees were taken hostage from […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hundreds of Yemeni Americans braved the winter chill in New York on Thursday, closing bodega stores to protest against President Donald Trump’s travel ban on immigrants from seven Muslim countries. “Bodegas” — the city’s slang for go-to shops proffering everything from deli food to grocery staples to household goods — often keep long hours and are essential to the daily routines of many New Yorkers. In a bid to […]
by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Thursday defended a US special operations raid in Yemen as a “success by all standards,” even though multiple civilians and a Navy SEAL were killed, and the mission was beset with problems. Sunday’s raid — the first authorized by President Donald Trump — saw US special operations forces enter the Yakla region of Baida province and target a compound occupied […]
ADEN, Yemen | AFP | Sunday 1/29/2017 – 18:03 UTC+8 | 462 words A US raid in Yemen killed 30 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and 10 civilians on Sunday, an official said, in what would be America’s first military action in the country under President Donald Trump. Seven women and three children were among those killed in the dawn raid on Yakla district, in the central province of Baida, said the provincial official, who did not […]
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — The Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that struck a gathering of pro-government forces in Yemen’s temporary capital of Aden that left at least 49 soldiers dead. An online statement made by IS on twitter claimed that “more than 70 apostates were killed in the jihadist attack.” The suicide bomber who carried out the terrorist operation was identified as Abu Hashim Radfani, according to an […]
ADEN, Yemen (AFP ) – Thousands of Yemenis protested Thursday against a new UN plan to end the devastating conflict between rebels and the Saudi-backed government, saying it would legitimise the insurgents’ power grab. The demonstrations in the southern city of Aden and other locations took place shortly before UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Sanaa for peace talks with the Iran-backed Huthi rebels. “We reject the plan of Ould Cheikh (Ahmed),” read […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — A 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen will go into effect starting Thursday, the United Nations announced on Monday. A cessation of hostilities that first went into effect in April “will re-enter into force at 23:59 Yemen time (2059 GMT) on 19 October 2016, for an initial period of 72 hours, subject to renewal,” the UN’s special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said in a statement. The announcement comes after […]
