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Aid agencies say Taiz water output has halved as cholera cases triple Illustration of a water tanker truck, a queue of jerrycans and a rising chart of suspected cholera cases in Taiz

Illustration of a water tanker truck, a queue of jerrycans and a rising chart of suspected cholera cases in Taiz

Aid agencies say Taiz water output has halved as cholera cases triple

Yemen Herald News October 21, 2026

Water production in Taiz has fallen by about half and rubbish is being burned in the streets,...

UNHCR says more than 250,000 people displaced inside Yemen since August Illustration of displaced families walking toward a camp of tents beside a rising bar chart showing growing displacement in Yemen

Illustration of displaced families walking toward a camp of tents beside a rising bar chart showing growing displacement in Yemen

UNHCR says more than 250,000 people displaced inside Yemen since August

Yemen Herald News October 21, 2026

The UN refugee agency said more than 250,000 people were displaced inside Yemen between August 1 and...

Djibouti registers 3,807 Yemeni arrivals by sea as Red Sea fighting spreads Illustration of a crowded boat crossing the Bab al-Mandab strait toward a shoreline camp of tents in Djibouti

Illustration of a crowded boat crossing the Bab al-Mandab strait toward a shoreline camp of tents in Djibouti

Djibouti registers 3,807 Yemeni arrivals by sea as Red Sea fighting spreads

Yemen Herald News October 20, 2026

Djibouti's refugee office has registered 3,807 Yemeni arrivals by sea since September, as UNHCR warns fighting on...

UN urges restraint as it voices deep concern over escalation in Yemen’s Taiz Illustration of displacement tents beside a road blocked by a barrier outside a city skyline, with rising price bars

Illustration of displacement tents beside a road blocked by a barrier outside a city skyline, with rising price bars

UN urges restraint as it voices deep concern over escalation in Yemen’s Taiz

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

The United Nations said it is deeply concerned by escalating military operations across Yemen, above all in...

UN agency says 121,530 displaced in Taiz as fighting drives families into the city Illustration of a camp of tents beside a city skyline, with silhouettes of a family carrying bundles walking toward the city

Illustration of a camp of tents beside a city skyline, with silhouettes of a family carrying bundles walking toward the city

UN agency says 121,530 displaced in Taiz as fighting drives families into the city

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

The UN migration agency says 121,530 people have been displaced in Taiz governorate in the latest round...

WHO says suspected cholera cases in Yemen nearly tripled in three weeks Patients lie on cots receiving treatment at a cholera ward in Yemen

Patients lie on cots receiving treatment at a cholera ward in Yemen

WHO says suspected cholera cases in Yemen nearly tripled in three weeks

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

Weekly suspected cholera cases in Yemen rose from 217 to 647 between early September and early October,...

WFP says it can no longer reach 600,000 people in Taiz as flour stocks run out Men carry sacks of food aid from a truck in a street in Yemen

Men carry sacks of food aid from a truck in a street in Yemen

WFP says it can no longer reach 600,000 people in Taiz as flour stocks run out

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

The World Food Programme says fighting has put more than 600,000 people in Taiz beyond its reach,...

IOM says 139 migrants bound for Yemen died when boat capsized off Djibouti A man walks beside a wrecked wooden boat on a shore scattered with clothing and debris after a migrant vessel sank

A man walks beside a wrecked wooden boat on a shore scattered with clothing and debris after a migrant vessel sank

IOM says 139 migrants bound for Yemen died when boat capsized off Djibouti

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

The International Organization for Migration says at least 139 people drowned and 84 are missing after a...

Al Jazeera reports Houthi capture of al-Turbah cut Taiz’s last main road as prices climb Illustration of a closed road barrier, a fuel jerrycan, a grain sack and rising price bars, representing the closure of supply routes into Taiz

Illustration of a closed road barrier, a fuel jerrycan, a grain sack and rising price bars, representing the closure of supply routes into Taiz

Al Jazeera reports Houthi capture of al-Turbah cut Taiz’s last main road as prices climb

Yemen Herald News October 16, 2026

Black-market petrol tripled in Taiz after the capture of al-Turbah cut the last main road into the...

Human Rights Minister Mashdal Omar asks Dutch donors to raise Yemen funding Yemeni and Dutch delegates standing together for a group photograph in a meeting room with a Yemeni flag

Yemeni and Dutch delegates standing together for a group photograph in a meeting room with a Yemeni flag

Human Rights Minister Mashdal Omar asks Dutch donors to raise Yemen funding

Yemen Herald News October 16, 2026

Yemen's human rights minister met representatives of the Dutch Coalition for Relief in Yemen in The Hague...