YEMEN Press Agency

Worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen discussed

SANAA, Oct. 9 (YPA) - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdulaziz al-Kumaim on Tuesday met with Resident Representative of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The two sides discussed several…

Sanaa schools protest ongoing aggression, economic siege

SANAA, Oct. 9 (YPA) - A number of schools in Bani Matar and al-Hesn districts of Sanaa province on Tuesday held vigils to protest the continued aggression and economic siege. Teachers and students of schools in the two districts called on…

FM meets UN Humanitarian Coordinator

SANAA, Oct. 9 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf met on Tuesday with the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande. The meeting touched on the UN efforts to alleviate the suffering of Yemeni people as a result of the…

2 bodies of murdered girls found in Aden

ADEN, Oct. 8 (YPA) – Bodies of two killed girls were found on Monday in front of Al-Sadaqah Hospital in Sheikh Othman district of Aden province, southern Yemen, eyewitnesses told Yemen Press Agency. The agency's reporter quoted eyewitnesses…

UAE controls military base in Yemen’s Shabwa

SHABWA, Oct. 8 (YPA) - UAE-backed militia on Monday seized Morra military base, north of Ataq city of Shabwa province, eastern Yemen, according to local reports. The UAE-backed Southern Transitional council's militia, known as "Shabwani…

Planning Minister inspects response program projects in Sanaa

SANAA, Oct. 8 (YPA) – Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Abdulaziz al-Kumaim on Monday inspected the completion level in a number of projects funded by the Emergency Response Program in the capital Sanaa. The minister…