The UN Security Council on Monday, July 8th, 2024, unanimously voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for another 12 months. The UN announced the decision in a statement, noting that the Council adopted Resolution 2742 (2024), extendi...
A Houthi militant, identified as Abdullah Ismail Sanjari, has been accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife and her parents in a shocking incident in the Bajil district of Hodeidah governorate, Yemen. According to local sources, Sanjari, who had divorced his wife just two days prior, stormed h...
A man and his wife were killed on Friday evening, June 28th, 2024, by a landmine left behind by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the international community, in the al-Durihimi district of Hodeidah governorate (western Yemen), according to the Hodeidah Human Rights Offic...
The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) reported on Monday, June 24, 2024, that it had recorded 84 landmine-related incidents in Hodeidah governorate between June 2023 and May 2024. The UN mission's monthly update on demining activities (May 2024), seen by...
A civilian was injured on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, by artillery shelling launched by Houthi rebels, designated as a terrorist group by the international community, targeting populated villages in southern Hudaydah Governorate (western Yemen). According to the official Yemeni news agency Saba, ...
A local official in Hodeidah province, western Yemen, has contradicted the statement of the Yemeni Minister of Information, attributing the recent fish deaths and discoloration of the Red Sea off the coast of Al-Khokha district to a natural phenomenon rather than pollution from the sunken ship &qu...
The local authorities in Hodeidah Governorate (western Yemen) announced a new initiative on Wednesday to open three roads connecting areas under the control of the internationally recognized Yemeni government with areas controlled by the Houthi group, which is designated as a terrorist organizatio...
A commercial vessel has run aground off the coast of Hudaydah, Yemen, after being struck by three missiles, according to a report by the British maritime security firm, "ambrey," on Tuesday, May 28th, 2024. Ambrey stated in a memo that the vessel, located approximately 54 nautical mil...
On Thursday, May 23, 2024, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Japanese diplomat Mari Yamashita as the Deputy Head of the United Nations Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), replacing Dutch official Vivian van de Perre. According to an official st...