What is the Yemen crisis?

Yemen has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement. read more

Media caption After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, 8m people are at risk of starvation. In short, the situation in Yemen is, the UN says, the world's worst man-made humanitarian disaster. More than 9,245 people have been killed and 52,800 injured since March 2015, the UN says. read more

Yemen crisis WHO continues life-saving support to Yemen’s blood transfusion centres 14 June 2018 – It has been over 3 years since Yemen was hit by one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. read more

Yemen's political instability has been compounded and partly caused by the severe ecological crisis in the country. The average Yemeni has access to only 140 cubic meters of water per year for all uses, (101 gallons per day) while the Middle Eastern average is 1000 m 3 /yr, and the internationally defined threshold for water stress is 1700 cubic meters per year. read more