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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 ( ...

Source: Reuters * Civilians flee fighting in north as winter bites * Displaced stream into Saada City * ICRC appeals to both sides to allow it access GENEVA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Yemeni civilians fleeing a ...

Date: 22 Dec 2009
Source: ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Five months have passed since the latest round of fighting erupted in the north of Yemen. Amid deteriorating conditions, it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach those who need aid. Nevertheless, the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent are pressing ahead with their humanitarian activities.

Source: UNHCR Thousands of civilians continue to flee their homes in northern Yemen as the fighting between government troops and Al Houti forces enters the fifth month. Situation in Sa'ada province remains ...

Source: UNICEF NEW YORK, USA, 7 December 2009 – In Yemen, where more than half of all children show signs of stunting – a consequence of chronic nutritional deprivation – UNICEF is working to address the serious nutrition problems facing many children displaced by ongoing conflict in the northern part of the country.

Source: Reuters * New camp to open in a few weeks - U.N. official * Camp to host up to 12,000 people but may be expanded * Insecurity, local habits complicate work By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON, Nov 23 ( ...

Written by Oxfam's field staff member in Yemen.

It's my third week as an Oxfam engineer inside this makeshift city set deep in the mountains of Northern Yemen. This is the Al Mazarakh camp in Haradh - home to 950 families, or nearly 6,000 people, displaced by the ongoing fighting between Al Huthi rebels and government forces in the region. I have come to this place to provide urgently needed assistance for people who have been displaced by the conflict.

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Source: IRIN Aid workers at al-Mazraq camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, northernYemen, say more and more children are arriving at the camp in a state of moderate or severe malnourishment.

Source: UNHCR Janet Lim, head of operations for the UN refugee agency, visits a camp for the displaced in northern Yemen amid a surge in the number of arrivals.

Source: UNHCR More and more Yemeni civilians are fleeing embattled Sa'ada province in northern Yemen as the fighting between government troops and Al Houti forces enters the fourth month. They are seeking shelter ...

Source: IRIN Hundreds of civilians have been fleeing their villages along the border with Saudi Arabia following clashes between Yemen's Houthi-led Shia insurgents and the Saudi armed forces, according to a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) official.