Yemen’s banking sector faces a litany of challenges stemming from the country’s ongoing economic collapse and the warring parties’ competition for financial control. The most critical challenge is the division of the central bank between Sana’a and Aden and the fierce competition between these two branches over the administration and regulation of the country’s commercial and Islamic banks. In February,…
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Stockholm Agreement Meets Yemeni Reality – The Yemen Review, January 2019
Stockholm Agreement Meets Yemeni Reality Overview: Lofty Aims Face Challenging Reception UN Efforts to Support the Agreement Stockholm Agreement’s Shaky Start in Yemen Hurdles to Implementation in Hudaydah Cammaert’s Early Exit From UN Mission Prisoner Exchange Unrealized No Progress on Taiz as Violence Escalates Special Envoy: “We Need to Remain Hopeful” Developments in Yemen Economic Developments Corruption Allegations Against Aden…
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Priorities for Government Policy in Yemen
This policy brief outlines recommendations for the immediate priorities of the Government of Yemen, both to achieve quick wins and to prepare the ground for medium and long-term success. These recommendations are the outcomes of in-depth discussions held during the fourth Development Champions Forum convened on December 8-11, 2018, in Amman, Jordan. They are designed to offer Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed and his cabinet a set of practical measures to help the government build on the momentum and increased…
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Houthis Must Release Awfa Al-Naami Immediately
The undersigned local, regional, and international organizations condemn in the strongest possible terms the unlawful detention of Saferworld Country Director Awfa Al-Naami by Houthi authorities in Sana’a, Yemen. We call for her immediate and unconditional release.
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Workshops in Marib and Hadramawt to discuss the provinces’ urgent priorities and issues
The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies and the Oxford Research Group held a series of workshops in Yemen's Hadramawt and Marib on January 20-29 to explore opportunities for peace between the two governorates. Over 50 participants, including academics, activists, local authority representatives and journalists, discussed local issues related to prospects for peace and stability. The workshops drew a high proportion of women.
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Yemen in 2018: Beyond the Brink
Yemen is no longer “on the brink” of catastrophe. Rather, it has already been pushed into the abyss and therein continues to fall. After four years of war, Yemen has suffered the destruction of its infrastructure, economy, social fabric, and much more. Yemenis are a nation traumatized by human loss and starvation. In the past year, photos of malnourished children…
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Starvation, Diplomacy and Ruthless Friends: The Yemen Annual Review 2018
Yemen is no longer “on the brink” of catastrophe. Rather, it has already been pushed into the abyss and therein continues to fall. After four years of war, Yemen has suffered the destruction of its infrastructure, economy, social fabric, and much more. Yemenis are a nation traumatized by human loss and starvation. In the past year, photos of malnourished children…
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Yemen’s obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil the right to mental health
Submitted by: Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis Third Cycle 32nd Session Human Rights Council January-February 2019 The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies (Sana’a Center), Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic (the clinic), and the George Warren Brown School, Washington University, jointly submit this report to inform…
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International Community Must Respond to Mental Health Crisis in Yemen, Say Human Rights Experts
The Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic and Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies traveled to the UN to bring attention to the grave situation of mental health in Yemen, and to push for improvements in how the Government of Yemen and the international community respond to the mental health needs of Yemenis.
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Yemen’s War Profiteers Are Potential Spoilers of the Peace Process
Even as economic and state collapse have propelled millions of Yemenis toward famine, the war economy that has developed over almost four years of conflict has also allowed a select cadre of individuals to become incredibly wealthy. These people – many of whom hold the highest positions of authority on either side of the frontlines, and indeed often cooperate with…
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