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July 15, 2010: "Sana?a (Yemen), July 15 (DPA) At least 15 people were killed after torrential rainfall triggered flooding and landslides in different parts of northwest Yemen Wednesday, police said.They said seven people died after floods swept away the c...

Source: IRIN The Yemeni government has announced a new "reconciliation deal" with Houthi-led Shia rebels in the northern governorate of Saada in a bid to bolster the February 2010 ceasefire and encourage the return of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Source: Reuters RIYADH, June 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has allocated 6 billion riyals ($1.6 billion) to build 6,000 houses for citizens who were displaced from areas bordering Yemen after a two-month conflict with ...

Source: Reuters * 50,000 to 60,000 displaced have returned home since truce * Donors wary of investing in return area, await stability By Raissa Kasolowsky SANAA, June 8 (Reuters) - Up to 60,000 of the 350, ...

Date: 07 Jun 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

May 6, 2010: "e;At least seven people were killed in a Sanaa shanty town in the worst flooding to hit the Yemeni capital in over a decade, officials said on Thursday.Witnesses said water streamed down from nearby mountains on Wednesday evening after t...

Source: IRIN The al-Sumeihi family fled their home in Saada city, northern Yemen, in January 2010 to escape fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels, and pitched a tent outside the al-Mazraq II camp for internally displaced persons in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate.

Source: UNHCR More than two months after the cease-fire and a month after the officially declared end of the conflict in northern Yemen, an estimated 7,000 displaced Yemeni civilians from the camps at Al Mazraq ...

Source: IRIN Hundreds of displaced families have returned to their homes in the northern governorate of Saada after more than six months of displacement after clashes between the army and Houthi-led Shia rebels.

Source: UNHCR UNHCR takes part in a joint assessment mission to look at the needs of thousands of people displaced by months of fighting in Yemen's Sa'ada City.

Oxfam GB - UK A sudden ceasefire has brought optimism to the many displaced locals living in the Al Mazrakh camp of Northern Yemen who long for an end to the fighting and the chance to return home.

Source: Reuters * Ceasefire holds, but 250,000 remain displaced by war * Donors snub UNHCR appeal for funds for strategic country GENEVA, March 2 (Reuters) - Some 250,000 people who fled fled fighting in ...

Source: IRIN With the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen having reached 250,000, more than double the number that existed before the current round of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels broke out on 12 August 2009, aid workers and local officials have warned of a lack of shelter and basic services for them.

Date: 29 Jan 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Oxfam GB - UK Oxfam is providing humanitarian aid to internally displaced people inside Al Mazarakh camp, Haradh, Northern Yemen

Source: UNHCR Months of renewed fighting in northern Yemen has pushed the number of people displaced by the protracted conflict past the 200,000 mark.

Date: 12 Jan 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Source: UNHCR There is no lull in the fierce fighting between the government troops and Al Houti forces in Sa'ada province in northern Yemen as the conflict enters the sixth month. Thousands of Yemeni civilians ...

Oxfam GB - UK Oxfam is helping to provide life-saving aid to many people affected by the conflict who are living in accessible camps ...

Source: Reuters * Civilians flee fighting in north as winter bites * Displaced stream into Saada City * ICRC appeals to both sides to allow it access * Germany says seeking release of abducted Germans ( ...