YEMEN: UNHCR worried about refugees and displaced people in strife-torn Yemen

Yemen Times | June 9, 2011

Two refugees are among those killed in recent clashes in Yemen that have displaced thousands of Yemenis and refugees alike. The UN refugee agency has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation, which is affecting its ability to help these vulnerable groups.

“In Al-Hasaba, north of [Yemen’s capital] Sana’a city, two Somali refugees were killed in the fighting last week,” said UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards at a news briefing in Geneva on Friday. “They were a 14-year-old boy and a young woman who had fled the violence in Somalia to seek refuge in Yemen.”

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LIBYA: UN relief chief warns of dire humanitarian situation inside Libyan city

April 6, 2011

The top United Nations relief official today voiced serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation inside the north-western Libyan city of Misrata, where thousands of residents are short of food, water, medicines and other basic supplies after weeks of intense fighting.

Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on parties to the fighting in Libya to cease fire so that aid workers can rush supplies to those in need.

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LIBYA: Civilians Suffer in Bloody Stalemate

By: David Wood

March 24, 2011

WASHINGTON — Libya’s civilians, already suffering shortages of food, water and power, are being battered by Muammar Gaddafi’s military forces in the country’s west despite the military intervention of a U.S.-led coalition intended to protect civilians.

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LIBYA: UN to Send Aid to Eastern Libya Amid Reports of Hardship and Attacks on Civilians

New York, Mar 22 2011  1:05PM
United Nations agencies prepared today to rush aid into eastern Libya as rebels told a senior UN envoy on the ground there that cities and towns were under siege and civilians being targeted by the tanks and heavy weaponry of Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s forces.

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YEMEN: Civilians flee violence to Saudi Arabia

AMRAN, 25 November 2010 (IRIN)

Escalating fighting between Houthi-led Shia rebels and pro-government militia in Yemen’s remote northwestern districts of Qutabir and Monabih has forced dozens of families across the border into Saudi Arabia, according to local officials.

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SOMALIA: Latest UNHCR Estimate 50,900 Displaced from Mogadishu/Renewed Fighting in SW

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Date: 29 Oct 2010

Belet Xaawo, Gedo (Southwest)

Belet Xaawo has been relatively calm following heavy fighting between pro-Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Al Shabaab on 18 and 21 October. On 27 October, sporadic shooting by Al Shabaab targeting TFG forces, was reported. No civilian casualties were reported. Displacement figures remain unclear, but various estimates indicate that between 65 – 80 percent of the population in Belet Xaawo has been displaced. Access remains a key concern for aid workers in the area.

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SOMALIA: Fierce Clashes Displaces Some 60,000 in Somalia

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: 26 Oct 2010

Fierce clashes in the Somali town of Beled Hawo on the Kenyan border have driven some 60,000 Somalis out of their homes over the past week. At least ten people have been killed in the clashes between Al-Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa, a militia group allied to the transitional Somali government.

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