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New Displacement Due to Unrest, Displacement Due to Sa'ada Conflict Continues 3 October 2011 Yemen New displacement due to unrest, displacement due to Sa’ada conflict continues In the wave of civil protests which have swept across the Middle East and North Africa, political instability and increasing violence involving the Yemeni government, protes- tors, rival tribal militias and militants have led to new waves of displacement in southern, central and northern areas of the country. In northern Yemen, conflict between the government and the Al-Houthi movement has affected more than 800,000 people since 2004, and caused repeated large-scale displace- ment. In early 2011, more than a year after a February 2010 ceasefire, more than 250,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) remained in protracted displacement. Close to 93,000 people had reportedly returned to their place of origin, but their situation was unclear. The instability and violence of 2011 has led to the new internal displacement of more than 100,000 people, particularly in the southern governorate of Abeyan but also in other governorates including the capital Sana’a. It has heightened the humanitarian needs of vulnerable populations throughout Yemen, including those displaced or otherwise af- fected by the conflict in the north. The level of destruction due to the conflict in the north has been significant: insecurity has limited movement and prevented many civilians from fleeing or seeking assistance. Many people have been killed or injured while fleeing. IDPs have had limited access to food, shelter, education or health care. The government has had limited success in enabling greater access of humanitarians and in encouraging international assistance. While access in the north has improved since Al-Houthi groups gained control of Sa’ada governorate in April 2011, but humanitarian agencies have continued to face a range of challenges in gaining access to IDPs. Only 55 per cent of the $290 million requested for the humanitarian response in Yemen had been funded by August 2011, and a continuing shortfall is expected to lead to substantial assistance gaps. www.internal-displacement.org 45° 48° 51° 54° - YEMEN I - L OMAN SAUDI ARABIA A H K L A ' - U B i R w A R a - h Khamis Mushayt¸ k a - R n - Abha i a - t 18° d i YEMEN - a More mapsareavailable at M - W - i Sanaw d - - a Najran Sharurah W Alwu Thamud- - da Habarut¸ i'a J a R h b a a h l m a M Sa'dah¸ la y - -- t h t Sarif¸ a Jizan D k y h - a a r a R Hayjan a M h t h - s m - di u a Qunfudh K - W - l Bin Ra's Darbat 'Ali¸ Zamakh Salasil Jaba W. 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Violent crackdowns against pro- unrest and armed conflict tests across the country were widely condemned by human rights organisations (HRW, May 2011; The wave of popular uprisings and civil unrest OHCHR, May 2011). currently sweeping North Africa and the Middle East has dramatically affected Yemen. It has made In May, fighting between rival factions in the an already volatile and impoverished country yet capital Sana’a displaced thousands of people (Al more unstable (OCHA, July 2011; IRIN, May and Jazeera, May 2011; IRIN, May 2011; ADRA, June August 2011). 2011; Al Diyar Online, June 2011; Al Watan, June 2011). Ceasefires were declared in May and June, Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world, but clashes persisted. with an estimated 35 per cent of the population below the poverty line. It faces widespread food In Abeyan governorate in southern Yemen, clash- insecurity, widespread water scarcity and deple- es erupted between pro-government factions tion of its natural resources including oil (WB, and militants which the government accused of April 2009; IRIN August 2011). The instability in having links to Al Qaida. As they fought for control the country has worsened the economic crisis, of the governorate capital Zinjibar, tens of thou- increased the cost of living, and further limited sands of people fled to the neighbouring gover- the provision of basic services. norates of Lahj and Aden (NYT, May 2011; OCHA, June, July and August 2011). There were also dem- Unrest in central and southern Yemen onstrations and fighting between military units Until 1990, Yemen was divided into two states, loyal to the government and opponents in Taiz, the Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Yemen’s second-largest city, and in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Yemen in the south Ibb governorate (OHCHR, May 2011; OCHA, June (HRW, October 1994). The two fought three short 2011; Yemen Times, June 2011). wars in 1972, 1979 and 1988. In 1990, reconcili- ation led to the unified Republic of Yemen with Unrest and conflict in northern Yemen Sana’a as its capital, but a 70-day civil war in 1994 In the northern governorate of Sa’ada, the “Al- caused the displacement of over 50,000 people Houthi” movement has since 2004 engaged (HRW, October 1994; UN SC, June and July 1994). in armed conflict with the Yemeni army and Tensions grew into massive and violent protests government-backed tribes (ICG, May 2009; RAND, from 2006, including in Lahj, Hadramout and May 2010). The movement was initially founded Abeyan in 2009, and in Lahj and Dahl in 2010 to promote Zaydi religious education among the (HRW, December 2009; SOHR, June 2010). Shi’a Zaydi tribe, but it developed into an opposi- tion movement. Isolated clashes in Sa’ada had ex- Civil protests against the 32-year rule of President tended by February 2010 to Amran, Hajjah, Sana’a Ali Abdullah Saleh broke out in early February and Al Jawf governorates, and into the province of 2011. Although they were repressed with exces- Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia. sive force, the protests intensified throughout the country, particularly in central and southern There were six rounds of this conflict, each more Yemen (AI, March 2011; ICRC, March 2011; Reuters, intense; the sixth round involved the armed forces May 2011). Following the realignment of tribal of Saudi Arabia and intense fighting in heavily- factions in support of the opposition, and Saleh’s populated towns (HRW, April 2010; RAND, May failure to commit to a promise to resign, the 2010). Human rights organisations reported that protests became more intense and the response all parties to the conflict had perpetrated human 3 October 2011 3 Yemen: New displacement due to unrest, displacement due to Sa’ada conflict continues rights violations including indiscriminate shelling, the recruitment of children and forced disappear- ances (HRW, October 2008, December 2009 and The wide dispersal of IDPs has made it difficult April 2010; YOHR, June 2010; AI April 2010 and to provide an adequate profile of the internally December 2009). displaced population. Poor rural communities have been displaced, as well as inhabitants of Following a ceasefire in February 2010, Sa’ada, cities such as Sa’ada, Amran, Sana’a and Zinjibar. Amran and Al Jawf governorates enjoyed relative The majority of IDPs in the north are Shi’ia, but security, but intermittent clashes continued, large members of the Sunni population and the Jewish areas of Sa’ada remained under Al-Houthi control, minority have also been displaced, while in the and all parties to the conflict continued to operate south most IDPs are from the Sunni majority. checkpoints (RAND, May 2010; IRIN, June 2010; OCHA, June 2010). Saudi Arabia maintained a ten- Across the country, many people have been dis- to 15-kilometre buffer zone along the Yemeni side placed two or more times (Yemen Times, February of the border, in which villages were reportedly 2009 and April 2009).
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