Humanitarian Aid

Saudi Arabia Eases Import Restrictions at Yemeni Ports

Saudi Arabia Eases Import Restrictions at Yemeni Ports

May 15, 2023 Yemen Review section

The government-held port of Aden received the commercial ship Blue Nile on April 8, without it being subject to inspection by the Saudi-led coalition at Jeddah, a first since the expansion of the conflict in 2015. The arrival followed a statement released by Aden Governor Ahmed Hamed Lamlas on April 4, encouraging shipping companies to operate direct routes to the…
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Reframing Famine: New Approaches and Food System Accountability in Yemen
Yemen Economic Bulletin Reframing Famine: New Approaches and Food System Accountability in Yemen

October 16, 2021 Main Publications

Maia Baldauf

This paper critically analyzes ‘famine’ and its function in the Yemeni context, considering how its technical definition and operational frameworks – which have become gatekeepers to famine declaration - (mis)match the food security crisis in Yemen. It proposes a new conceptualization of famine beyond a lack of food, or fixating exclusively on physical and economic access to food. Instead, it centers political factors – and actors – that actively create famine conditions and the aid responses to them, which have…
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Challenges for Yemen’s Local Governance amid Conflict
Challenges for Yemen’s Local Governance amid Conflict

July 29, 2018 Main Publications

Maged Al-Madhaji

Anthony Biswell

Local councils are among Yemen’s most important state institutions. Responsible for providing basic public services to millions of Yemenis, local councils represent official governance and the Yemeni state for much of the population. The intensification of the conflict between the internationally recognized government, its regional backers and the Houthi group since March 2015, however, has heavily impacted funding and security for local councils, undermining their ability to provide services effectively in most areas of the country. In many areas, this…
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Yemen at the UN – May 2018 Review

Yemen at the UN – May 2018 Review

June 4, 2018 The Yemen Review

In May, Houthi forces were clearly on the defensive across most of Yemen, in particular losing ground in Hudaydah governorate as various anti-Houthi groups, backed by Emirati airpower, advanced on Hudaydah city. A Saudi-led coalition plan for a military offensive on the city last year was derailed due to a lack of US support and international outcry over the likelihood…
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A Year of Hunger and Blood: Yemen at the UN / Special Issue – 2017 in Review

A Year of Hunger and Blood: Yemen at the UN / Special Issue – 2017 in Review

January 22, 2018 The Yemen Review

In early 2017 the United Nations (UN) declared that Yemen was enduring the single largest humanitarian crisis in the world. By year’s end, UN agencies estimated that 17.8 million people in Yemen were food insecure and 8.4 million were at risk of famine. Economic and public service collapse left more than 16 million Yemenis without access to safe water and…
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