Full Coverage: Yemen

16.04.2008 The international community and UN should do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis who seek refuge in Yemen, one of the "least developed countries in the world," urges an international refugee agency.

29.09.2007 Fleeing violence, drought, and unemployment, a growing number of Somali and Ethiopian immigrants are attempting to escape across dangerous waters, often encountering death at the hands of smugglers, the sea, or Yemeni forces, reports the UN.

08.09.2006 The deadly business of smuggling people across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen has resumed for another year, with four overcrowded open fishing boats arriving in less than a week, the UN's refugee office has said.

10.04.2006 Over the course of nearly three years, 27-year-old Yemeni Salah 'Ali Qaru was transported to several secret detention centers and subjected to cruel and inhumane torture. Read his story and learn about the U.S. policy of "rendition."

03.01.2006 Monissa maissa on naispresidenttiehdokkaita ja -presidenttejä, mutta arabimaailmassa tämä on uutta. Jemenissä nainen on ensimmäistä kertaa maan historiassa ilmoittautunut syyskuussa 2006 pidettäviin vaaleihin. Ehdokkaaksi asettunut Raja uskoo ehdokkuutensa auttavan jemeniläisnaisia saavuttamaan lailliset ja perustuslailliset oikeutensa.

15.12.2005 Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, has unexpectedly become the destination of many destitute immigrants from the Horn of Africa, Yemeni security sources have revealed.

06.10.2005 Afrikan sarvea ja Arabian niemimaata erottava Adeninlahti on yleensä verrattain tyyni lokakuusta maaliskuulle. Jemenissä se aiheuttaa huolta, sillä hyvä purjehduskeli tapaa tuoda pakolaistulvan Somaliasta. Moni Adeninlahden ylittäjä aikoo jatkaa matkaa Saudi-Arabiaan ja muihin Persianlahden maihin, mutta rantautuminen tapahtuu 20 miljoonan asukkaan Jemenissä, jossa on jo entuudestaan noin puoli miljoonaa pakolaista.

06.09.2005 At least 58 Somalis drowned and some 150 others were missing when armed men smuggling would-be immigrants to Yemen in two boats forced them overboard several kilometres from the shore, sources said.

28.07.2005 Following several days of deadly riots sparked by a decision to cut government subsidies on petrol and diesel, the Yemeni government announced Tuesday it would lower fuel prices. An American living in Yemen shares her observations of the country, the recent riots, and the dangers of a discontented majority.

21.07.2005 At least 13 Yemenis were killed in protests against fuel price increases that came as part of an economic reform programme promoted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

06.05.2005 Mentre è stata rinviata al 22 maggio l'esecuzione di Amina Ali Abdulatif Al Tuhaif, detenuta a Sana, in Yemen, con l'accusa di aver partecipato all'assassinio del marito, è stata invece eseguita nella notte del 4 maggio scorso nel penitenziario di Huntsville con un'iniezione letale quella di Lonnie Pursley, 43 anni: è la sesta condanna a morte dall'inizio dell'anno nello Stato del Texas che ha in programma per quest'anno altre quattro condanne morte. Dalla reintroduzione della pena capitale nel 1982 soltanto in questo Stato americano sono state eseguite 342 condanne. E, sempre dal Texas, arriva il pressante appello di Irene Rekitzke, madre di Richard Cartwright, un detenuto del braccio della morte che il prossimo 19 maggio verrà giustiziato.

03.05.2005 Jemenin väestö kasvaa vuodessa noin kolmella prosentilla, todettiin joulukuisessa väestölaskennassa. Vauhti on hidastunut hieman, sillä edellisen väestölaskennan tuloksena, vuonna 1994 kasvuksi arvioitiin noin neljää prosenttia. Nykyinenkin kasvuvauhti on kestämätöntä ja puolet väestöstä elää jo nyt köyhyysrajan alapuolella. Pääkaupunki Sana´a kasvaa jopa yhdeksän prosentin vuosivauhdilla.

13.02.2005 "If you can convince us that your ideas are justified by the Koran, then we will join you in your struggle," a youthful cleric told five al Qaeda militants in a Yemeni jail. "But if we succeed in convincing you of our ideas, then you must agree to renounce violence." Two years later, a relative peace reigns in the country, and many are crediting the "theological dialogues."

16.12.2004 Jemenillä on suuri työ väestönkasvunsa jarruttamisessa. Maaseudun pienissä yhteisöissä tytöt ovat naimisiin mennessään keskimäärin alle 17-vuotiaita. Väestönkasvu on yli kolme prosenttia vuodessa ja lapsien määrä naista kohti yli kuusi. Perhesuunnittelua on jarruttanut yleinen luulo siitä, että se tarkoittaa lastenteon lopettamista kokonaan ja on siten islamin vastaista.

09.01.2004 Recognizing that information and communications technology (ICT) could greatly improve public sector performance, Yemen recently held a regional workshop on e-government, which called for setting up a web portal for citizens and mobile Internet training units for government offices.

24.09.2003 The U.S.-backed "war on terror" has dealt a serious blow to human rights and the rule of law in Yemen, which had been making good progress in both areas, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

24.09.2003 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 24 (OneWorld) - Human rights and the rule of law in Yemen, which had been making good progress in both areas, have been badly set back by the U.S.-backed "war on terror," according to a new report released Wednesday by Amnesty International.

23.09.2003 Jemenin johtava islaminoppinut on antanut ristiriitoja herättäneen uskonnollisen määräyksen. Tämä fatwa laillistaa länsimaissa elävien musliminuorten seurustelusuhteet "aviolliseksi ystävyydeksi".

10.01.2003 The United States should tread carefully in pursuing the "war on terrorism" in the key Arab state of Yemen, according to a report released this week by a major international think tank.

14.10.2002 Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir have flown into Yemen for talks on the Horn of Africa, diplomatic sources said today.