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UNICEF says to ship 2 billion COVID vaccines to poor nations in 2021

World 5 years ago

UNICEF says to ship 2 billion COVID vaccines to poor nations in 2021

UNICEF said it was working with over 350 airlines and freight companies to deliver vaccines and 1 billion syringes to poor countries such as Burundi, Afghanistan and Yemen as part of COVAX, a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan with the World Health Organization (WHO).

'Terrorist' tag for Yemen's Huthis raises fears of aid blocks

World 5 years ago

'Terrorist' tag for Yemen's Huthis raises fears of aid blocks

The Iran-backed Huthis are at the center of a flurry of diplomacy as the administration of US President Donald Trump, which has made isolating its arch foe Tehran a centerpiece of its regional policy, enters its final weeks.

Arabs doubt Biden will herald change in the Middle East

World 5 years ago

Arabs doubt Biden will herald change in the Middle East

Biden may face some of his most complex foreign policy challenges in the region: from wars in Libya and Yemen to reassuring the United States' Gulf Arab allies that Washington can protect them from enemy Iran, even though he has said he would return to the international nuclear deal with Tehran.

A cafe in Yemen run by women, for women

Lifestyle 5 years ago

A cafe in Yemen run by women, for women

When Um Feras realized there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses.

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

World 5 years ago

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

The WFP was "a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict", Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said on unveiling the winner in Oslo.

Yemen's mini-libraries: 'A candle in the dark'

Books 5 years ago

Yemen's mini-libraries: 'A candle in the dark'

The idea for the "Yemen Reads" campaign is simple -- to establish mini-libraries across the city where people can borrow books for free,

More than 170 dead in Yemen floods

World 5 years ago

More than 170 dead in Yemen floods

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 172 people across Yemen over the past month, damaging homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites, officials said.

Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains

Houses in Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease.

Bombed and looted: Yemen battles to save its heritage

World 5 years ago

Bombed and looted: Yemen battles to save its heritage

The two facades of the National Museum in the Yemeni city of Taez bear testament to the ravages of a war that has consumed the Arabian Peninsula country.

More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus: UNICEF

World 5 years ago

More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus: UNICEF

The number of malnourished children in Yemen could rise to 2.4 million by the end of the year due to a big shortfall in humanitarian funding, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.

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