Children at risk as aid access denied
Thousands of people under “siege” by armed rebels in northern Yemen lack food and healthcare, which has already resulted in deaths and risks killing many more, local leaders and aid workers say. F...
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Tackling trauma in displaced children
Children make up 60 percent of the 100,000-plus internally displaced persons (IDPs) in southern Yemen, Geert Cappelaere, a UNICEF representative in Yemen, told IRIN. “Almost all child IDPs in th...
Seyaj foils wedding of two children
Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (Seyaj) has managed to delay the wedding of two Yemeni children for five years. Fathers of Neamah Abdullah al-Shoaitar, 13 years old girlو and Hafez M...
Landmines take toll on Yemeni children
SANA’A // Ten children have been killed and 15 other people injured in landmine explosions since the truce was reached in February between the government and the Shiite Houthi rebels in the nort...
Both sides in war blamed for Yemen’s dead children
SANA’A // One hundred and eighty-seven children were killed and nearly 700 used as child soldiers in the most recent round of fighting between government troops and al Houthi rebels that erupted...
Children hit hardest by northern conflict
Hundreds of children have either been killed or used as child soldiers in fighting between Yemeni government forces and Houthi-led Shia rebels in the north of the country since August 2009, according ...
children are taking part in the fighting
November 30, 2009: By Rachelle Kliger, Media Line There are unfortunately no statistics, official or unofficial, as to the scope of child recruitment,” Ahmad Al-Qorashi, Director of the Sanaa-based ...
SEYAJ: War-affected children suffer psychological disorders – study
A four-year conflict between government forces and Shia rebels in the northern governorate of Saada has caused psychological problems for children and had an adverse effect on their behaviour, accordi...