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UN pauses some Yemen operations over Houthi detention of staff

The United Nations suspended its humanitarian operations in Yemen's Saada province after the Houthi rebels detained eight more U.N. Staffers, impacting the global response to the humanitarian crisis.
The U.N. Stated that the pause is to arrange the release of detained personnel and ensure conditions for delivering aid are met.
The Houthis have detained dozens of U.N. Staffers and intensified their crackdown on dissent during the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
Over 19 million people in Yemen are projected to need humanitarian assistance this year due to ongoing war effects, malnutrition, and climate shocks.

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Fox News

UN halts humanitarian work in Yemen's Houthi stronghold after staff detentions

The United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in northern Saada after rebels detained eight more U.N. staffers, during one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

10 days ago·New York, United States

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Japan Today

U.N. says a staffer has died in Yemeni prison after being detained by Houthi rebels

The United Nations World Food Program said Tuesday one of its staffers has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after the U.N. suspended its operations in the rebel’s stronghold in northern Yemen, over security concerns following the detentions…

11 days ago·Sakado, Japan

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Breitbart

U.N. Stops Humanitarian Work in Yemen After Houthis Kidnap Staffers

The United Nations announced a temporary pause in humanitarian work in Yemen after the Houthis kidnapped eight more staffers.

11 days ago·United States

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Arab News

UN says staff member has died in custody of Houthis

DUBAI: The United Nations’s World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday that a staff member held captive by the Houthis in Yemen has died. “WFP is grief-stricken and outraged about the death of a staff member while in detention in northern Yemen,” the agency said in a statement on X. He was identified as a Yemeni staff member “arbitrarily detained by local authorities since 23

11 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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NRC Handelsblad

UN pauses humanitarian aid in Houthi-held territory in Yemen

The UN decision follows the detention of another eight employees by the Houthi rebels. The pause, which affects a large number of Yemenis, should give the organization room to negotiate with the Houthis about their release.

12 days ago·Netherlands

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