USG Yemen Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #5
YEMEN - COMPLEX EMERGENCY FACT SHEET #5, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2020 MARCH 6, 2020 NUMBERS AT HIGHLIGHTS HUMANITARIAN FUNDING A GLANCE FOR THE YEMEN RESPONSE IN FY 2019 USG notifies partners of planned partial aid suspensions due to Al USAID/OFDA1 $102,058,924 Houthi-imposed bureaucratic USAID/FFP2 $594,548,790 30.5 constraints on relief operations million Escalated conflict in northern Yemen State/PRM3 $49,800,000 results in civilian casualties, increases Population of Yemen UN – December 2018 humanitarian needs, and prompts new and secondary displacement $746,407,714 No confirmed COVID-19 cases in 24.1 Yemen as of March 6 million People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance KEY DEVELOPMENTS UN – December 2018 Despite extensive advocacy efforts by donors, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), and UN agencies, Al Houthi officials in northern Yemen continue to interfere in relief operations, including by impeding critical needs 3.6 assessments, imposing extreme bureaucratic demands, and obstructing monitoring and oversight activities. In response, USAID has notified INGO partners it plans to partially million suspend humanitarian programming in northern Yemen starting in late March, and IDPs in Yemen State/PRM has informed partners of the potential for aid suspensions, barring sufficient UN – December 2018 improvements in the operating environment. The U.S. Government (USG) continues to coordinate with other donors and relief actors to monitor the situation and support strong advocacy efforts for the principled delivery of humanitarian assistance. 17 Escalated hostilities between Al Houthi and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)-led Coalition forces in Al Jawf, Marib, and Sana’a governorates displaced at least million 35,000 people in affected areas between January 19 and February 17 and continued to People in Need of Food cause civilian casualties and mass displacement as of early March, according to the UN.
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