ABYAN, Yemen — Two young sisters were injured in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance left behind by Iran-backed Houthi militants at a displacement camp in the Shuqrah district of Abyan on Friday. According to a statement from the Shuqrah police, the injured girls, Iman Amin Zahir, ...
MARIB, Yemen — On January 7, 2025, the Director of the Planning and International Cooperation Office in Marib, Engineer Saleh Al-Saqaf, held two separate meetings to discuss enhancing youth involvement and upcoming health projects in displacement camps. In his first meeting, Al-Saqaf met ...
MARIB, Yemen — On January 6, 2025, Abdu Rabbu Miftah, the Deputy Governor of Marib, stated that the land designated for the Al-Jufaina camp is private property that the owners have temporarily allowed displaced individuals to inhabit under exceptional circumstances. He emphasized that any tr...
YEMEN — On January 4, 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 3,649 families, totaling 21,894 individuals, were displaced in Yemen throughout 2024. In a report reviewed by Barran Press, the IOM noted that its displacement tracking matrix monitored displaceme...
MARIB, Yemen — Under tattered tents that sway in the biting cold, hundreds of thousands of displaced individuals in Marib Governorate are enduring a merciless winter, exacerbated by a significant lack of humanitarian intervention from international organizations. In the scattered displace...
As winter 2024/2025 approaches, over 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Marib, northeastern Yemen, face severe challenges. According to a recent report by the Executive Unit for IDP Camp Management in Marib, more than 400,000 IDPs live in 208 camps spread across the governorate. Amon...
Under tattered tents, nearly 300,000 Yemeni families endure the harsh winter in displacement camps across Marib (northeast Yemen). Each family faces the biting cold with minimal protection, relying only on worn-out tents or tattered clothing. More than 200 official displacement camps in Marib h...
On December 24, 2024, the Executive Unit for Managing Displaced Persons Camps in Marib, northeastern Yemen, convened to address the worsening humanitarian situation and the growing gap in needs. The meeting focused on the humanitarian response plan designed to alleviate the suffering of the local ...
In a significant boost for the displaced community in Marib, Yemen, the Humanitarian Access Association has delivered an additional facility for the Civil Registry and three new classrooms for Al-Thawra Secondary School in the Al-Jufayna camp. This initiative, completed for $40,000, was funded by ...
In an exclusive interview with "Barran Press," Saif Muthanna, Director General of the Executive Unit for Managing Displaced Persons Camps in Marib, highlighted the severe hardships faced by displaced persons in Marib (northeast Yemen) as winter sets in and humanitarian aid from partner o...
On December 19, 2024, the Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps in Marib, Yemen, issued a desperate plea to aid more than 67,000 displaced families braving severe winter cold across over 200 camps in the region. In an urgent call to partners, the unit highlighted the dire...
On November 13, 2024, Marib Governorate’s Deputy, Abdu Rabbu Miftah, met with Frederic Ba Tajani, the coordinator for the Water and Environmental Sanitation Cluster in Yemen, to discuss expanding interventions and addressing significant challenges in the region’s water and sanitation s...
Marib, Yemen, is facing a growing humanitarian crisis as it continues to absorb a massive influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The governor's deputy, AbduRabbu Miftah, highlighted the immense strain this influx is placing on local authorities during a workshop on September 17th. T...
On September 9, 2024, Watan Development Foundation announced the distribution of emergency shelter materials to 170 displaced families affected by recent floods and heavy rains in Marib Governorate. According to the foundation's director, Abdullah Al-Faqih, the materials were provided to fa...
The Executive Unit for the Displaced (governmental) reported on Sunday, September 8th, that the number of returnees to areas under the control of the internationally recognized government in Yemen has reached 410,770 families, equivalent to 2,199,600 individuals distributed across 1,433 areas. ...
The humanitarian situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate, with 18.2 million people in urgent need of assistance, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Speaking at a weekly press conference in Geneva on Friday, August 30th, 2024, UNHCR spokesperson for Yemen...
Marib Governorate in northeastern Yemen is currently experiencing heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds, local sources reported to Barran Press on Tuesday evening, August 20, 2024. The city of Marib has been experiencing heavy rainfall for the past hour, accompanied by stron...
A recent government report revealed the devastating impact of heavy rains and floods on the already dire situation of displaced families in Marib Governorate, northeast Yemen. The report, released by the Executive Unit for the Management of IDP Camps in Marib, highlighted the catastrophic conseque...
A government report released on Sunday, August 4, 2024, revealed that approximately 2,000 displaced families have been affected by heavy rains and flash floods that struck displacement camps in government-controlled districts of Hajjah Governorate, northwestern Yemen, over the past weekend. Acc...
The United Nations has reported that over 75,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since the beginning of 2024, driven by escalating conflict between the internationally recognized government and Houthi rebels, as well as severe weather conditions. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) i...