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  1. Yemen on brink of hunger catastrophe - AUDIOSLIDESHOW

    23 May 2012 10:23 BST | Comments (0)

    Caroline Berger / Oxfam | AlertNet News Blog

    Yemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis with 10 million people - 44 percent of the population - without enough food to ...

  2. Women collecting firewood are the main breadwinners as men are leaving to find jobs. Photo: Caroline Berger/Oxfam

    Yemeni families close to breaking point

    14 December 2011 10:48 GMT | Comments (0)

    Kelly Gilbride / Oxfam | Aid Worker Diaries

    A recent Oxfam study in the western coastal governorate of Hodeida found families to be coping – but only just. Many families...

  3. Women use donkeys to collect water from an inland reservoir in Yemen’s Kharif district on February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

    Making decisions for an uncertain future in Yemen

    06 May 2011 00:39 BST | Comments (0)

    Lauren Withey | Climate Conversations

    Water-stressed Yemen needs to push forward with water conservation and other "low-regret" responses to climate change

  4. Edit Schlaffer and Amal al Basha at the SAVE launch in Sana'a

    Women are building a new Yemen

    26 April 2011 16:47 BST | Comments (0)

    edit-schlaffer | The Word on Women

    Thousands of women take to the streets demanding their rights to be heard

  5. Women shout slogans during an anti-government rally outside in Sanaa April 25, 2011.  REUTERS/Ammar Awad

    How long will hungry Yemenis adhere to peaceful protests?

    25 April 2011 20:19 BST | Comments (0)

    A Yemeni activist and member of the Institute for Inclusive Security's Women Waging Peace Network | The Word on Women

    Faced with rising shortages, Yemenis may reach a breaking point

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    Capital:Sanaa
    Currency:Rial (YER)
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