FROM THE FIELD: Millions of Yemenis facing ‘death sentence’

Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and the situation for the millions of affected people is deteriorating, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/02/1085292
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UN humanitarian office puts Yemen war dead at 233,000, mostly from ‘indirect causes’

01 Dec 2020

Almost a quarter of a million people have died in Yemen’s war, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on its website on Tuesday, confirming the huge toll from a conflict that has ravaged Yemen’s economy and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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Heavy rains and flooding push Yemenis to the brink

04 Aug 2021

Heavy rains and flooding in Yemen have affected at least 28,000 people, according to initial estimates released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday.

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World News in Brief: Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods

29 Sep 2023

South Sudan and Sudan are the world’s most dangerous countries for aid workers today, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday.