Ahmad would take family by car but cash is needed for operation, hotel and food whilst there, and fuel for travel. Can anyone help?
Ahmad recently helped another severely malnourished little boy get treatment at hospital. Message Ahmad if you can donate to help this boy.
only payment options for anyone that wants to help is via Western Union or Moneygram direct to Ahmad in Yemen, please message him, thank you.
As Yemen's population has teetered on the brink of mass starvation in recent months, the United States has played a crucial role in enabling the Saudi strategy responsible for that potential humanitarian catastrophe.
Both the Obama and Trump administrations have prioritized the US's alliance with the Saudis and their Gulf allies over the lives of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis under imminent threat of starvation.
The Saudi coalition has pursued a war strategy of maximizing pressure on the Houthi resistance by destroying agricultural, health and transportation infrastructure and by choking off access to food and fuel for most of Yemen's population. The United States has enabled the Saudis to pursue that strategy by refueling the Saudi-led coalition planes bombing Yemen and selling the bombs. Equally important, however, the US has provided the political-diplomatic cover that the Saudis need to carry out this ruthless endeavor without massive international blowback.
The Trump administration has gone even further in supporting the Saudi strategy. Whereas the Obama administration opposed a Saudi-led coalition offensive to regain control over the main port of Hodeidah and the rest of the Red Sea coast, saying it would worsen the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the Trump administration has clearly given the green light to the Saudis to launch that offensive.
Furthermore the commander of Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, has called Yemen a "vital interest" of the United States, arguing that anti-Iranian forces must be in control of it to prevent Iranian threats to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. That argument, which conjures a wholly artificial threat to commercial traffic through the Strait, clearly implies active support for the Saudi strategy of recapturing Hodeidah and choking off all access to food for the portion of the Yemeni population under the control of forces loyal to the Houthi and to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The administration's permissive stance toward the Saudi war strategy was evident from the beginning of the war.
The climax of the blockade strategy was a series of airstrikes on August 17, 2015, that destroyed all of the cranes used to unload container ships at the main commercial port of Hodeidah, Yemen's only port capable of receiving such ships. The strikes also destroyed an entire World Food Program warehouse, one of the berths, the port authority warehouse, the port control building and the customs building.
In mid-2016 the Saudis and the Hadi government began planning a much more drastic form of pressure on the population in the Houthi-Saleh-controlled North: eliminating the last institutional barrier to starvation, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY).
The CBY, which was located in the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, was playing a key role in providing a minimum of liquidity in the society. It was paying the monthly salaries of 1.2 million people on the government payroll, the vast majority of who were still loyal to former president Saleh and are now fighting the Saudi-led coalition forces alongside the Houthis. It was also financing the commercial shipments of food and fuel still arriving at Hodeidah and other ports.
The international financial institutions -- with the support of Western governments, including the United States -- understood the crucial role of the CBY as an "economic truce" between the warring Yemeni parties that was a necessity to avoid a complete humanitarian catastrophe. But in early July Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr of the Saudi-backed government in Aden explicitly criticized that "economic truce" indicating the intention to bring it to an end. And on August 6, bin Daghr accused the CBY of having used its funds to finance the Houthi-Saleh war effort and called on banks and financial institutions holding large Yemeni foreign reserves to cut off relations with the CBY.
But in mid-September the Hadi government went ahead with its plan to name a new governor of the Central Bank, who would serve in Aden, which was under Saudi coalition control. An unnamed Western diplomat harshly criticized the move to Reuters, calling it an effort to "weaponize the economy by preventing the central bank access to funds abroad."
The Hadi government promised that the relocated CBY would continue to maintain the bank's role in providing liquidity and financing imports. In fact, none of Yemen's civil servants have been paid since the Sanaa-based CBY was cut off from Yemen's foreign currency reserves abroad, further increasing the number of Yemenis who can no longer purchase food.
Obama was unwilling to override Saudi policy because of his administration's firm commitment to the alliance with Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies.
That "deep loyalty" primarily reflects the overriding US interest in military relations with the Saudis and their Gulf allies. The Saudis and Qataris control the major US bases in the Arab world, such as the naval base in Bahrain -- a Saudi client state -- and the air and ground bases in Qatar. Moreover the Saudi-led coalition had accounted for $130 billion in US arms sales during the Obama administration alone.
So it should come as no surprise that the Pentagon has been the main driver in the US policy of supporting the Saudi strategy of starvation.
Dropping Obama's ambivalence brings short-term gains and long-term risks.
Trump's sudden conversion reflects less of a turnabout on the question of humanitarianism than the president finally accepting the logic of his broader strategic worldview. Since taking office, Trump has repeatedly readjusted rhetoric and policy to create closer alignment with America's traditional allies among authoritarian Sunni regimes in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, etc.
The change we have seen, thus far, has mostly been relatively subtle, reflecting in part the fact that President Obama's efforts to distance the United States from these regimes were, themselves, quite equivocal. And Trump has not yet gone full-tilt against Iran in a way that would signal a true reversal from Obama's approach, which Gulf allies saw as too soft on Tehran and too quick to turn a blind eye to Iranian aggression throughout the region.
Still, the overall pattern is unmistakable and represents critical context with which to understand Trump's turn against Assad. Embracing the Gulf states' worldview would dramatically improve Washington's relationship with some of its closest regional allies. That's the good news. The bad news is that it risks drawing the United States deeper into a series of conflicts around the region.
Trump has changed American policy more in the direction of Gulf preferences in several directions. He's ended Obama's symbolic refusal to host Egypt's military regime at the White House (Borzou Daragahi reports for BuzzFeed that though the shift here is entirely rhetorical, the practical consequences for Egyptian activists are quite real), intensified American military support for a brutal Saudi-led war in Yemenagainst what the Saudis see as an Iranian proxy force, and lifted human rights conditions on sales of military jets to Bahrain.
The missile strikes in Syria, which on one level is narrowly about chemical weapons use, fit more broadly into this story of realignment.
My comment: Interesting, but: "Embracing the Gulf states' worldview would dramatically improve Washington's relationship with some of its closest regional allies. That's the good news"??? Good news???
In Ostafrika sowie im Jemen leiden bis zu 40 Millionen Menschen unter Nahrungsmittelknappheit.
Zwischen dem UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk UNHCR in Genf und dem UN-Welternährungsprogramm WEP in Rom ist derweil ein Verteilungskampf ausgebrochen: Man kämpfe, oft gegeneinander, um jeden Euro, jeden Dollar, sagen Mitarbeiter beider Organisationen und vor allem die Leute vom WEP scheinen von Tag zu Tag frustrierter.
Und nun auch noch Ost-Afrika und der Jemen. Sehr oft ziehen die Betroffenen dort den Kürzeren, wenn internationale Organisationen bei westlichen Regierungen den Hut herum reichen.
Für die Hungernden in Ost-Afrika und im Jemen bräuchte man 5,2 Milliarden Euro, wovon vier Milliarden sofort benötigt werden, so ein Sprecher von UN-Generalsekretär Antonio Guterres. Zugesagt wurden 840 Millionen, ausgezahlt gerade einmal 80 Millionen Euro.
Sehr viel aktiver sind indes die Diplomaten Saudi-Arabiens, der USA und einiger afrikanischer Staaten. In Genf, in Rom und am Hauptsitz der Vereinten Nationen in New York lobbyiert man dagegen, dass die UN und ihre Organisationen offiziell Hungersnöte erklären. Gemäß der UN-Definition müssen für eine Hungersnot 20 Prozent der Bevölkerung Zugang zu weniger als 2.100 Kilokalorien am Tag haben, 30 Prozent aller Kinder akut unterernährt sein und zwei von 10.000 Menschen oder vier von 10.000 Kindern am Tag an Unternährung sterben. Dass man sich derart gegen die Realität sperrt, liegt daran, dass diese Krisen zum Großteil von Menschen verursacht sind. Dschibuti erhebt extrem hohe Zölle auf Nahrungsmittelimporte. Die Korruption ist aller Orten massiv. Und im Westen setzt man in Somalia und im Jemen auf Regierungen, die so gut wie keine Kontrolle über ihr Land haben.
Würde eine Hungersnot erklärt werden, wäre nicht nur Geld erforderlich: Der Ruf nach Veränderung würde lauter werden. Im Fall des Jemen beruft sich die saudische Regierung darauf, dass man ja immer wieder Hilfslieferungen ins Land lasse und die Kalorienmengen ausreichend seien. Zudem bezieht man auch Gebiete in die Berechnung mit ein, in denen die Versorgung gewährleistet ist, und kommt dann zu dem Ergebnis, dass es im Jemen gar kein Hunger-Problem gebe.
Würden die Vereinten Nationen nun offiziell das Gegenteil feststellen, würde man als der Schuldige dastehen. Zu Recht: Wegen der Luftangriffe sowie der zerstörten Straßen und Brücken schaffen es die Hilfskonvois selten weit ins Land hinein. Bislang sind die Bemühungen um einen Frieden im Jemen, aber auch um Stabilität in Somalia gescheitert, weil der internationale Druck gering ist. Ab und zu verabschiedet der UN-Sicherheitsrat eine Resolution, die meist mit den Worten »Mit tiefer Betroffenheit...« beginnt und nie zu einem Ergebnis führt. Allein in den vergangenen fünf Jahren fielen bei der UN-Verwaltung umgerechnet 140 Millionen Euro für 282 Resolutionen zum Jemen und zu Ostafrika an.
Late last month, we took you inside four extreme hunger crises, including the one facing Yemen. One of the biggest challenges facing humanitarians there is the impact that airstrikes have had on Hodeida port, the entry point for 70 percent of the country's imports. Amidst reports that the US is considering increasing its support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which is planning an operation to push Houthis from the area, aid agencies are now speaking out about the growing threat of an escalation in fighting and further airstrikes on the crucial port. The UN's Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said he is "extremely concerned" about the possibility of military action at Hodeida while the International Rescue Committeesaid that "any disruption of these port facilities would have a catastrophic impact on the people of Yemen". On Tuesday, the UN Country Team in Yemen released its own statement, noting that there is "no viable substitute" for Hodeida as a lifeline for humanitarian imports. Contingency plans are already being drawn up in case the port is bombed, but none of them are terribly promising. The only way into Yemen for humanitarian convoys may be via Oman. There's plenty of behind the scenes wrangling to stop an offensive or strike in its tracks, but nothing's certain. If you care about Yemen, keep your eyes on Hodeida.
At just 11 years old, Saeed Al Nowi has borne the responsibility of supporting his mother and three younger siblings since his father was killed by a sniper in March last year.
"My father was killed and we did not have a breadwinner, so I decided to sell ice cream to passers-by in Jamal Street", in Taez city, said Saeed. "It is better to work than to beg."
Saeed is one of more than 10,000 children, according to activists in Taez, to have lost one or both parents to the fighting between Yemen's Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in a bitter battle for control of the city that has raged for more than two years.
Even before the war, there were more than one million orphans in Yemen. But the Public Orphans Foundation, a government body assisting orphans, has since closed its offices in many provinces, especially those controlled by the rebels, like Taez. The economic hardship brought about by the war has affected charitable organisations and private philanthropy. With less help available to them, many orphans have been forced to either work or beg on the streets.
"Some charitable associations and people provide us with food, but that is not enough for us," said Saeed. "We need other things beside food."
Many other children are psychologically damaged by the loss of one or both parents in horrific circumstances. They suffer nightmares and flashbacks and need therapy, says Roqaya Al Higami, a social worker dealing with children's issues in Taez. There are no official figures on the number of orphans in Taez but she estimates there are now 10,000.
Last year, the Orphan Development Foundation said orphans were facing a humanitarian crisis not seen in Yemen for many years. Dozens of orphans have lost their lives because of the war. Hundreds more have been left permanently disabled. Yet more now face death from lack of food. medicine and basic care.
"Seventeen million people - almost two thirds of [Yemen's] population - are critically food insecure and require urgent humanitarian assistance," said the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid organisation, in a recent statement.
But the situation is particularly dire in Taiz governorate, with a population of more than two million people. The Coalition of Humanitarian Relief-Taiz, a non-profit civil body, has estimated that 178,556 families in the city have been displaced from their homes due to the war. Displacement is rising as the war rages on.
According to locals, Houthi fighters have been laying siege to the eastern and northern areas of the main city, although pro-government forces have partially broken the siege in the west. The southern area of Taiz is mountainous, and many people remain trapped amid deteriorating humanitarian conditions - including the shutdown of hospitals and widespread economic collapse.
The Houthi group say its fighters have not placed the city under siege; that they only combat the "[Islamic State group] militants and the mercenaries".
More than 3,400 civilians have died in Taiz over the past two years - and more than 16,000 have been injured, according to the local health office.
Saeed Hasn, who was a schoolteacher in Taiz before the war broke out, says that it has become incredibly difficult to obtain food and water.
With government salaries unpaid for months, the 40-year-old opened a rooftop stall to sell basic commodities, in an effort to make some money to feed his six children. But it did not go well.
"The continuing war has hurt my stand," Hasn lamented. "The prices of goods soared, and this hindered the profitability. I find difficulty in obtaining the goods. Also, the sales are weak, given the financial situation of the people."
[Article in French on the long hand of the United Arab Emirates in #Socotra.
Yémen : Que font les Emirats dans l'île de Socotra ?
Selon le site Yéménite AlMasirah, les Emirats ont lié cette île au réseau de communication émiratie, comme si Socotra est devenue une partie des Emirats. Pis encore, ils ont adopté le paiement en monnaie locale (Dirham émirati) et hissé le drapeau émirati sur les établissements publics. Deux vols aériens directs entre Abu Dhabi et l'île de Socotra ont également été assurés par les Emirats arabes unis.
Il convient de noter que l'initiative des Emirats n'a pas provoqué seulement les Yéménites mais leur principal partenaire dans le pillage et l'agression contre le Yémen : l'Arabie saoudite. Ryad a incité ses mercenaires et les miliciens du président démissionnaire Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi à condamner les actes inacceptables des Emirats à Socotra.
International and regional NGO's have thrown their weight behind efforts aimed at reconciling warring sides in Yemen and ending Saudi Arabia's ongoing onslaught against its southern neighbor. But observers believe that such a peace initiative requires serious international action and support to help Yemenis realize their dream of lasting peace.
There are 25 million people in Yemen, who are doing their best to survive all the nasty things that are happening in this country. Sadly, Yemen has become a huge war zone in the Middle East, where all the strongest forces in the world try to show their powers. It is too hard to understand who is fighting who because things are changing too quickly. The government, terrorists, "peacemakers," and rebels are brutally killing each other and innocent civilians. Oh yes, nobody has time to protect civilians in Yemen as everyone is busy trying to achieve their sick goals. On top of that, no one is brave enough to apologize and face the consequences of their atrocities. In contrary, both sides of the war are happy to see more catastrophes because they can blame it on the opposition. So, the situation in Yemen is only getting worse (if that's possible).
My comment: These are the official figures of victims. They are much to low, as a great part of victims never is reported.
You'd all think that considering the fact that I've been living with death for the past two years, I would be scarred. Bruised. Broken.
That is nowhere near reality. With every passing day, with every bomb that hits, with every missile that drops, I grow invincible. Death is a vengeful sea. A sea feared by all but Yemenis. We have adjusted our sails and claimed that sea as ours. Ours eternally.
The Saudi-US led coalition might have ended 2,600 little children's lives, but that will not be a barrier.
To my country that is being attacked and labelled as "weak": We are going to teach you strength, perseverance and courage. We will rise again.
This is Yemen. We will not kneel down to any country. We shall only kneel down to God, for we fear nothing but the Almighty. We will stare death blankly in the eye.
Yemen will surpass every hardship. Yemen will not be held down, even if this coalition lasts till the end of time. Yemenis' rage is eternal, and we will not be held back for we were the very first on this Earth and we will be the very last – by Fatima Norman, the daughter of Mustapha Norman, Yemen's former ambassador to Canada.
Audio: Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen?
Film: Take a virtual 360° tour through Yemen, and find out how a thriving Arabian nation transformed into a starving war-torn country.
"The IRC is deeply concerned by reports that the U.S. is considering increasing military assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen. We are particularly alarmed by emerging information that this attack could target Yemen's western port city of Hodeidah, where 80% of all imports enter Yemen.
Any disruption of these port facilities would have a catastrophic impact on the people of Yemen – denying food and medicine to civilians already suffering immeasurably after two years of war. The IRC and other humanitarian actors already face major operational obstacles created by the ongoing conflict. Sea and air blockades that are already in place mean essential humanitarian supplies in Yemen are scarce, and will become even scarcer if these attacks go ahead. An attack will also lead to all shipping vessels being be diverted, overwhelming the capacity of other ports in Aden and Mokala. Currently it can take up to 6 months for the IRC to get life-saving medical supplies from outside the country into health facilities. At a point when time is of the essence to save lives these attacks would delay humanitarian assistance and further risk lives of Yemini civilians. Once the IRC and other actors do get supplies into the country, limitations on transport infrastructure and rampant insecurity along inland roads makes movement between north and south Yemen extremely difficult. This situation means we are unable to make timely deployments of supplies or personnel necessary for an effective humanitarian response.
The solution to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is not more conflict; parties need to get back to the peace process. We urge the U.S. to use its influence to restart a peace process rather than fuel more conflict.
In an effort to keep Yemen polio-free, nearly 5 million children under the age of five have been vaccinated in a nationwide campaign covering all governorates in the country. The campaign was supported by a partnership between the World Bank, UNICEF and WHO launched in February 2017.
Despite intensifying violence in Sa'ada governorate, more than 369,000 children between the ages of 6 months and 15 years were immunized against measles – a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease - and over 155,000 children under the age of 5 were vaccinated against polio.
Thousands of dedicated health workers, health educators, religious leaders and local council officials played a key role in mobilizing their communities to maximize the immunization campaign's reach. Thanks to their support, high-risk groups, such as internally displaced persons and refugees, have also been vaccinated.
Before 2006, measles was one of the leading causes of death in children under 5 years old in Yemen. But several measles campaigns supported by WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank have succeeded in drastically reducing child deaths from the disease.
Life is nothing without helping needy people in this world especially those in Yemen which is 21 of its people are in need some urgent humanitarian assistance o survive.
Our Human Needs Development - HND last food baskets project that aimed to alleviate the suffering of some Yemeni families in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, through helping them with food items.
Hella Hultin, cirujana sueca que trabaja en nuestro proyecto en Jamir, Yemen, cuenta en primera persona una experiencia trágica.
Hoy he visto algo que necesito olvidar: una bebé murió porque sus padres no conocían los riesgos de una infección.
Por la mañana, la guardia nocturna me habló de una niñita de dos días de edad que había llegado a urgencias.
Tenía fiebre y el cordón umbilical infectado. Al hacer la ronda, la vi.
Esa imagen nunca se borrará de mi memoria: pequeña, ardiendo por la fiebre, con respiración jadeante, yacía boca arriba con los ojos cerrados.
Tenemos un hospital que ofrece atención gratuita. Es sencillo pero limpio, y cientos de niños nacen aquí cada año. Si el parto de una mujer se complica de alguna manera, hay médicos, como yo, que pueden realizar una cesárea.
Pero si la gente no llega a nosotros porque no entiende las ventajas, no importa lo maravillosos que sean los recursos que tengamos.
Entrevista a Solidarios Sin Fronteras, la única ONG española que trabaja en Yemen, el país con la mayor emergencia humanitaria del mundo. Este silencio es el que llevó a Eva Erill a fundar Solidarios sin Fronteras, la única ONG española que actualmente trabaja en Yemen.
Over the past two years, CERF has allocated $59.2 million for people most affected by the conflict.
Die argentinische Krankenschwester Candelaria Lanusse war in der nördlichen Provinz Hajjah und Sana'a, der Hauptstadt Jemens, als Gesundheitsberaterin für Ärzte ohne Grenzen im Einsatz.
Die Eskalation des Konflikts ist für die Zivilbevölkerung nur schwer zu ertragen. Nach Angaben der Vereinten Nationen benötigen derzeit mehr als 18 Millionen Menschen humanitäre Hilfe.
Die jemenitische Bevölkerung ist von der humanitären Hilfe sehr abhängig. Durch die Kämpfe und Bombardierungen ist es aber schwierig, den Bedarf abzudecken. Für die Einsatzkräfte ist der Zugang zu den Patienten und Patientinnen oft nur eingeschränkt möglich. Im Konfliktgebiet ist das Gesundheitssystem fast zur Gänze kollabiert. Das hat zur Folge, dass die Durchimpfungsrate stark gesunken ist. Es treten vermehrt Fälle von vermeidbaren Infektionskrankheiten wie zum Beispiel Keuchhusten auf. Die Verteilung von Lebensmitteln findet nur unregelmäßig statt.
Dutzende Gesundheitseinrichtungen wurden bei Angriffen und Kämpfen zerstört.
The first light of morning brought bad news to Mohammed, in the small hospital room where he has been staying.
His two-year-old cousin Yehia has succumbed to a growing crisis consuming Yemen – severe and acute malnutrition.
He isn't mourning. He is choosing to be strong for his younger brother, Mohanned, who lies besides him, curled up in bed, breathing noisily as the air pushes through into the lungs.
Five-year-old Mohanned is suffering. His ribs push through the skin and his eyes try to focus on his elder brother. His severely malnourished body aches when he breathes. He winces every few seconds with pain.
Mohammed holds his younger brother's frail hands.
"I have already lost a cousin to malnutrition today, I can't lose my little brother" he says.
Mohanned is undergoing treatment at the Abs hospital in Hajjah, a region of Yemen which has some of the highest numbers of malnourished children in the country.
With little food, their family barely makes ends meet. Their 35-year-old mother Juhairiyah is ill but nobody knows what's wrong with her. She has never been to a hospital. Their father works as a farmer in another district and can afford to come home only once in a month.
It took an hour for Mohammed to reach the hospital from their village, driving through areas where fighting between armed groups is common, with his brother sitting uncomfortably in his lap. The drive is as bumpy as it is unsafe, but there is no choice. Mohanned's health has been deteriorating for over two years and only now has the family been able to afford the cost of bringing him for treatment. Mohammed hopes it's not too late. His younger brother's recovery has been slow.
Across Yemen, 2.2 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Of them, almost half a million are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), similar to Mohanned. Global estimates suggest that a child suffering from SAM is 11 times more at risk of death than a healthy child of the same age.
In other words, Mohanned is 11 times more likely to succumb to this preventable illness than his healthy peers.
Matters have been made worse by the unending and unforgiving conflict. Health facilities are forced to close their doors because of the fighting and thousands of children, like Mohanned, have nowhere to go to seek treatment.
Back in the hospital in Abs, Mohammed gently caresses his younger brother. Life has not been fair to them, but what is more worrying for Mohammed is the future that lies ahead.
By the end of 2016, the security situation in parts of central Yemen had improved—relatively speaking—in many rural areas of the governorate of Taiz, prompting a proportion of the more than 3.2 million Yemenis displaced nationwide to return to their homes after a period of bitter suffering. Many of Yemen's returnees have faced such significant challenges since returning home, however, that some see little advantage to having done so.
One district in Taiz governorate affected by the war was Mawza'a, which had a poverty rate of 90%. The war spread to it early in 2016, and all types of weaponry were used. The violence displaced and killed civilians, placing the economic stability of survivors at risk. Among the villages affected in the district was Alaqamah, where most of the population were jobless.
Dozens of families fled Alaqamah. They lived in neighboring areas without shelter, often exposed to worse violence than in their home village itself. As calm began to return to Alaqamah, the displaced held back, remaining without aid or security in areas, such as Albarh, Mokha, and Alma'afir.
However, the Social Fund for Development's (SFD's) Cash-for-Work interventions encouraged IDPs and other villagers to go home and resume their old means of making a living in their home areas. It provided cash for returnees' basic needs until they were able to get themselves going again.
The SFD is a Yemeni welfare organization that receives funding from international donors, including the United Nations and World Bank Group. The Cash-for-Work Program it launched got part of a $500,000 emergency intervention program going in Alaqamah, encouraging 150 displaced families to return to it and re-establish themselves through income-generating sub-projects. Villagers from the 510 households that participated in the program overall worked on infrastructure in the village, receiving wages for their labor.
The ETC worked with the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) on the security telecommunications needs to be covered until the end of 2017 across Yemen.
The procurement plan of the equipment required by the ETC to continue delivering life-saving communications services to humanitarians until the end of the year has been approved.
Following increased tension around Al Hudaydah port, access to the port has been restricted and commercial shipping lines have stopped calling at the port. As an immediate implication, a rise in transportation costs and an increase in delivery times are expected. The World Food Programme (WFP), global lead of the ETC, is working on a contingency plan to address these access constraints and one of the possibilities is using Aden port for humanitarian operations. The ETC is monitoring the situation closely in case this option materialises and a scale up of inter-agency communications services is required.
Yemen continues to face the largest food security emergency in the world, with large populations in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity, the latter of which is associated with an increased risk of excess mortality. IDP populations and poor households in conflict zones are likely facing the most severe food security outcomes.
Recent food import data suggest that food imports into Al Hudaydah port have recently declined sharply. As this port supplies many key markets in western Yemen, these declining imports raise concerns about future supply levels and food prices at markets that rely on this port as a source.
Large-scale humanitarian assistance has likely played an important role in limiting food insecurity outcomes to Crisis (IPC Phase 3!) in several governorates, instead of Emergency (IPC Phase 4). Should the macroeconomic situation and conflict continue at similar levels, and should humanitarian assistance provision not be maintained or scaled-up in the near- to medium-term, food security outcomes are likely to deteriorate to Emergency (IPC Phase 4) for many areas across western Yemen by September 2017.
Given the fluid nature of the conflict in Yemen, food security outcomes are difficult to project. In a worst-case scenario, there are possible events that could cause a severe deterioration in food consumption, malnutrition, and excess mortality for much larger populations, driving outcomes in line with Famine (IPC Phase 5). Possible scenarios that could drive these types of severe outcomes include, but are not limited to: 1) a significant decline in commercial staple food imports below requirement levels, or 2) a major increase in conflict levels or change in conflict location that cuts off populations from trade and humanitarian assistance for an extended period of time.
The arms were belonging to a member of the Islamic Islah party (Muslim Brotherhood), who cooperates with the states of the aggression. The man concealed the arms and ammunition at this house following last war in the province.
Mohammed Qahtan, a veteran politician and high-ranking leader of the Islah party, has been being disappeared for two years and is among the most prominent detained prisoners by militias of the Houthis and ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Al-Arabi al-Jadeed newspaper issued a report about Qahtan, depecting him as the architect of the pioneer of the political work, moderation and coordination among political parties, particularly amid the Joint Meeting Parties alliance.
The Houthi-Saleh militias committed more than 60 violations during March 2017 alone.
The violations included four cases of murder, five cases of abduction and enforced disappearance, storming of houses and looting of properties.
The report issued by a human rights coalition that the militias also caused three cases of murder against civilians in Aflah al-Yaman district, pointing out that the militias also caused the death of a civilian.
My comment: By Islah Party media with a clear propaganda bias.
My comment: Islah Party functionary. More reporting, YPR 290, cp5.
A large number of Yemenis live in dangerous humanitarian and psychological situations in light of the increasing violating acts Houthi and Saleh militias have been committing since the beginning of the war which passed its second year in several cities in Yemen.
Thousands of civilians have been subjected to arbitrary arrests and detentions, some of which – over time – have become cases of enforced disappearance in isolation from the outside world, which further complicated the psychological situation and the suffering of the families of those abducted.
Many people were released, others spoke about their sufferings and what Houthi militias requested from their parents in return of their release, while some others are still out of their parent's reach in unknown places.
Meanwhile, thousands of civilians were subjected to similar acts of kidnapping and enforced disappearance, according to statistics issued by local humanitarian organizations.
Local Yemeni reports revealed that Houthi and Saleh militias have committed 4,841 arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances in 2016.
A report issued by Yemeni Coalition to Monitor Human Rights Violations (YCMHRV) stated that field monitoring teams recorded around 5,092 documented violations with 4,882 are of arbitrary detentions and 210 of enforced disappearances.
This is the total number of violations of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the International Human Rights Law, which the YCMHRV could document.
My comment: Saudi source with a clear propaganda bias. This figure is the third which was published within a few days (we already had 14.000 and 17.000).
Yemeni Parliament condemned the US aggression on Syria as flagrant violation of UN charters and international laws.
Yemen Prime Minister Bin Habtoor: condemns US aggression on Syria & expresses his country's solidarity with Syria.
Yemen's Houthi-appointed "prime minister" has resigned from his post to protest what he has reportedly described as "interference" by Houthi officials in his governing duties, according to Yemeni sources.
Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, head of Yemen's "National Salvation Government" (established late last year by the Shia Houthi militia and allied forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh), reportedly submitted his resignation on Wednesday to Saleh al-Sammad, head of the Houthi-run Supreme Political Council.
According to sources close to bin Habtoor, the Houthi-appointed PM decided to tender his resignation after Houthi militiamen on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the General Authority for Social Security and Pensions in Sanaa.
After breaking into the building, militiamen reportedly took over the establishment and seized funds intended for pensioners.
Bin Habtoor's resignation suggests a growing rift between the Houthis -- who control most of the National Salvation Government's ministries and institutions -- and their pro-Saleh allies, both of which are represented in bin Habtoor's government.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency anonymously due to restrictions on talking to media, the same sources said that bin Habtour had repeatedly complained that his authority as prime minister was being undermined by the Houthis.
Comment by Judith Brown: This is a pity as this man was seen as competent and likely to be seen as acceptable by Hadi supporters if there was ever a peace deal.
My comment: There still is no confirmation by the Houthi / Saleh government. Wait and see. The day before, Habtour still was in office and met with the UN Humanitarian Coordinator: http://www.sabanews.net/en/news461195.htm . Wait and see.
The head of the "national salvation" government in Yemen, Abdul Aziz bin Habtour, has resigned his post, in protest against Houthi interference in his work.
Sources close to Bin Habtour confirmed that he submitted his resignation to the President of the Supreme Political Council, Saleh al-Samad, days after the Houthis forcefully took control of the General Authority Insurance and Pensions building on Tuesday.
One source said Bin Habtour's authority was undermined by President Saleh al-Samad who annulled several of Habtour's decisions in the Ministries of Awqaf, Health and Higher Education.
Habtour is also believed to have been concerned by the Houthi takeover of the General Insurance and Pension authority. On Tuesday morning, after breaking and entering, Houthi gunmen took over the Insurance and Pensions offices in Sana'a, seizing pension contributions and assuming complete authority over the institution.
According to sources, Houthi rebels and the Supreme Political Council, which runs the areas under Houthis rule, are trying to convince Bin Habtour to retract his resignation.
However, Bin Habtour's departure reveals deep divisions between the Houthis and former president – Ali Abdullah Saleh's party members, who form part of the "national salvation" government. The vast majority of ministries and state institutions are controlled by Houthis.
Several ministers affiliated with Saleh's party have refused to return to work after being attacked by Houthi rebels.
The government of Yemen announced that work is underway to reopen Al-Mokha port on the country's Red Sea coast, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
Thirteen people were killed in a fire today that broke out near an oil pipeline damaged by sabotage in the west of war-torn Yemen, a government official said.
"Dozens of people had gathered at the site of the pipeline with bowls and other containers to fill with petrol spilling from the pipeline" in Hodeida on the Red Sea, the official in Yemen's recognised government told AFP.
He said the fire broke out because of the use of an electricity generator, giving a revised casualty toll of 13 dead, 26 injured and eight missing.
My comment: Did you expect anything else?
Eyewitnesses said Thursday that two soldiers were shot dead by unknown gunmen in the 90th Crossroads of al Mansoura district in the southern city of Aden, Yemen's interim capital.
The witnesses told Almasdaronline that the soldiers were in a car in front of the al Ekhwan restaurant, before being showered with bullets by unknown gunmen on another vehicle.
"After the incident, some gunmen got out of their car, then threw the dead bodies of the soldiers into the street, and then took the car," the eyewitnesses said.
One of the witnesses at the restaurant said that the two soldiers had quarreled with the gunmen before the incident, and the quarrel was over. "However, the gunmen returned minutes later and shot the soldiers dead".
According to the witness, the dead men were not actually soldiers, but armed men wearing military uniforms, and they were from north of Yemen.
Saudi-paid mercenary, Chief of Staff of 203 brigade, Brigadier Mohammed al Shawish, was killed in a bomb blast that hit his car in Sahn al Jen camp in Marib province, a military official told Saba on Thursday.
Three of al Shawish's escorts were also killed in the blast which took place on Wednesday, the official said.
Marib has witnessed a security vacuum since mercenaries of Saudi regime controlled part of it, the official added.
But it is the Saudi blockade that might have the most lasting and devastating effects. And that blockade was brought to Yemen by the UN Security Council.
The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, Russia, the UK, China and France. In mid-April, less than three weeks after the Saudi-led coalition launched its military campaign, the council passed a resolution drafted largely by the Persian Gulf countries taking part in the war. The resolution imposed a strict arms embargo on the Houthi leadership and their allies. The council approved the resolution, with everyone voting in favor except Russia, which abstained.
The United States strongly supported the resolution.
Critics say the measure amounts to an endorsement of the siege that is choking supply lines and killing Yemenis who have little or nothing to do with the war.
Yemen has submitted a letter to the United Nations chief on the case of prisoners held in insurgent controlled jails.
Yemen's Ambassador to the UN Khalid Yamani told Asharq Al-Awsat that the letter sent to Antonio Guterres urged the international organization to mobilize efforts and issue resolutions that force the insurgents to release the prisoners.
He added that Yemen, backed by Saudi Arabia and countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, are exerting pressure on the UN to issue urgent resolutions, adding however that they have not yet received a direct reply to the letter.
"We are looking forward to achieving major results in this issue in the upcoming days," the diplomat said.
Yamani noted however that the UN believes that the current situation in Yemen does not allow for any movement by the international organization or for issuing a resolution given the other side's failure to implement resolution 2216.
Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for an entertainment city on the edge of Riyadh which will be 50 times the size of Gibraltar once complete.
The 334 sq km (129 sq mile) attraction will offer cultural, sporting and entertainment activities - including a Six Flags park and a safari park.
The announcement boasts it will be the first of its kind in the world, with building to begin early next year and the first stage finished by 2022.
It forms part of a wider master plan.
Vision 2030, announced by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman a year ago, aims to diversify the economy and reduce the kingdom's reliance on oil, through a series of projects.
The entertainment city - about a fifth of the area of Riyadh in size - is the latest to be announced.
Authorities say the hope is it will not only attract visitors but "achieve a healthy and harmonious life, and provide more entertainment, joy and fun" for those who live in the capital.
Film: Kingdom of criminals & hypocrites!
Watch how this backstabber #Saudi royal was fawning over #Assad on 2006!
Saudi billionaire prince: "some accuse me because of my strong ties with America... but you should know that this relations will never be at the expense of my brotherly relations with #Syria and its president"
My comment: Saudi-Sudanese alliance; Saudi billions for Sudanese soldiers fighting in the Yemen war for Saudi interests.
Women campaigners in Saudi Arabia have filmed themselves silently walking in the street without male companions as part of their fight for the right to drive.
The campaign is part of a growing protest against sweeping restrictions which prevent women from doing everyday activities unless they are accompanied by a male guardian.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are banned from driving under its strict interpretation of Islamic law. The Interior Ministry strictly enforces the ban, which came into effect in 1957.
The silent footage of the women carries the hashtag #resistancebywalking on social media.
Donald Trump's personal financial disclosure report, which was filed as part of his presidential campaign on Wednesday, contains fairly detailed information about what's in his stock portfolio.
And in short, it's a lot of stuff.
Trump also owns stock in many well-known companies including Apple, Nike, Whole Foods, Google, Philip Morris, Raytheon, Facebook, and Morgan Stanley, among others.
My comment: Rytheon producing cluster bombs dropped by the Saudi coalition in Yemen. – To me, all the sums given here sound quite small – compared to Trump's whole fortune which is about US $ 3 billion.
It's often said that the Trump administration is 'isolationist'. This is not true. In fact, we are now witnessing a dramatic escalation in the militarisation of US foreign policy in the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan. This has not been announced but it is happening, and much of it without consultation with Nato or other key allies, or any debate in Congress or the media.
The boomerang effect will be immediate. The US will be unable to persuade autocratic governments to respect human rights, press freedoms, and civil society.
Without most Americans noticing, our country has become deeply complicit in a humanitarian catastrophe.
Americans are demonstrating heightened levels of political engagement as we debate our future under a Trump presidency. It is high time for us to expend some of this energy to understand the ethical consequences of our country's policy in Yemen, and to require that our elected officials — such as U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King — explain their support for the Saudi war knowing its consequences for civilians.
Yet, the deaths directly attributable to airstrikes show only a fraction of the suffering. Yemen is on the edge of a catastrophic famine, one of the largest in modern history. The general chaos of war has contributed much to this disaster, and the Houthi rebels have blocked movement of some aid convoys to cities they are sieging. But the blame is overwhelmingly with the Saudi-led coalition.
For more than a year, its forces have imposed a naval blockade on a country that imports 90 percent of its food and fuel.
When the man-made famine is taken into account, these crimes could easily match and exceed those of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad against his own people, which American authorities vigorously denounce.
Rex Tillerson told U.S. senators during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. secretary of state that that by providing the Saudis with more precision guided bombs and targeting intelligence, the U.S. could help them " to avoid mistakenly identifying targets where civilians are hit." This statement ignores the mounting evidence that the Saudi-led alliance is deliberately and systematically striking civilian targets.
We can similarly put a very partial price tag on the value of human rights when it comes to Yemenis. The citizens of that riven land are living at the edge of a potentially catastrophic famine and under regular air attack from Saudi Arabia and its allies (including Bahrain) in a disastrous American-backed two-year-old war that was meant to check Iranian influence in the region. It has already cost at least 10,000 lives and displaced millions. As for that very partial price tag, it's $350 million for 16,000 Raytheon guided munitions kits that will turn dumb bombs into "smart" ones.
If you have never called your representative in Congress, now would be a good time to do it.
there are moments when we can help save millions of lives by taking a break from our daily struggles to prevent terrible damage that our government is about to do to people thousands of miles away. This is one of those moments.
The White House is reported to be deciding this week whether to support a planned attack on the port of Hodeida, in Yemen, by a Saudi-led coalition supporting the deposed government there in its two-year old war with Houthi rebels, who now control most of Yemen's population centers.
This is a port where almost 80 percent of the country's food enters – Yemen is overwhelmingly dependent on food imports, and was already the poorest country in the region prior to the U.S.-backed Saudi war. The UN reports that 3.3 million people, including 2.1 million children are already acutely malnourished.
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, have learned that the White House is expected to sign off on the Pentagon's request for the United States to support the Saudi- and Emirati-led offensive to take control of the seaport and city of al-Hudaydah, which is currently controlled by the Houthi-Saleh alliance. It is our understanding that a major attack on al-Hudaydah is therefore imminent. In addition to providing support for the coalition in the forms of "surveillance, intelligence, refueling and operational planning," your administration is also reportedly considering direct US military engagement against the Houthis as part of this offensive. We urge you to withhold American support for any offensive against al-Hudaydah. Should the coalition move forward with the offensive, thousands of civilians are likely to be killed, injured, and displaced. The UN reports that the Saudi-led coalition's efforts to capture smaller cities on the Red Sea coast have already displaced more than 48,000 civilians.
US participation in this offensive not only risks further US complicity in the coalition's violations of international humanitarian law and possible war crimes, but also risks embroiling the US in a costly military campaign with little to no chance of strategic victory, and exacerbating security vacuums that extremist groups like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are eager to fill. US and coalition escalation against the Houthis is also likely to increase Iranian influence in Yemen. Iran views the rebel movement as a cheap ally in its drive to indirectly confront Saudi Arabia. While Iran has little to lose from the US escalating military involvement in Yemen, America's entrapment in Yemen's civil war would benefit Iran substantially.
The planned offensive will provide limited strategic benefits for the coalition and erode the possibility of a political settlement, while imposing a potentially unbearable burden on the Yemeni people. We urge you to withhold support for the offensive and pressure the coalition to prevent the offensive from going forward.
A REPUBLICAN SUPER PAC has paid for a television ad attacking Democrat Jon Ossoff — one of the leading candidates in an April 18 special election to fill the House seat for Georgia's 6th Congressional District — for producing video content for Al Jazeera.
The ad assails Al Jazeera as a "mouthpiece for terrorists," and features imagery of deceased al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, with the clear insinuation that Ossof's past work for Al Jazeera puts him in league with terrorists.
The Pentagon carried out over 70 airstrikes in March against targets inside Yemen, which was more than US forces carried out in all of 2016. That trend of escalation appears to be continuing into early April, with officials saying over 20 strikes were launched just in the first two days of April.
Officials say that the strikes, which were mostly launched by drones, targeted al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) targets around the Shabwa Province, focusing on "infrastructure" and "fighting positions." They provided no indication on death tolls.
Due to the Shiite ideology of Houthi forces, Saudi and U.S. corporate media have accused them of being a proxy of Iran. There is no evidence, however, that the Houthis are operating as Iranian allies. The assault on Yemen is no doubt part of a wider campaign for the U.S./NATO/Saudi-GCC/Israel alliance to secure their political, economic and military dominance in the region. Like the U.S./NATO war on Syria, the war on Yemen functions as an attempt to subvert the Iranian government.
How can the US recklessly kill civilians in Syria, Iraq and Yemen - and be great again?
With civilian deaths from US attacks rising, Trump seeks greater powers to circumvent rules of engagement. Is this the best way to beat IS?
Taken altogether, we are seeing a new slash-and-burn policy in which the ultimate losers will be those on the ground who are unable to escape.
There has already been a staggering loss of life across the Middle East as foreign powers battle out proxy wars and try to reach a fait accompli, but while there will always be collateral damage and loss of civilian life in war, the aim should always be to do everything within your power to avoid it.
However, the situation at present instead suggests a callous disinterest from Trump in the value of human life of those forced to live in these war-torn countries, a sentiment seemingly part of his wider disregard and dislike for Muslims at home and abroad.
Is Britain selling its soul to Saudi Arabia amid EU divorce?
Change is most definitely in the air this April. Britain's very own unelected Prime Minister, Ms. Theresa May, has thrown all caution to the wind as she chose to court Saudi Arabian royals ahead of what is set to be a messy EU divorce.
We all know it; the United Kingdom is walking itself out of the European Union, courtesy of one referendum and an ongoing controversy as to whether or not THAT historic break will eventually explode Britain and leave its economy, never mind its borders, worse for wear.
Britain might be in for a rude awakening should Number 10 fail to come up with worthy alternatives.
Of all the MANY scenarios Theresa May could have envisioned to save Britain from forfeiting its positions as an economic superpower, the premier chose to pursue the one party that could, more likely than not, drag the country down the infamous rabbit hole, never to come out for air.
You may have guessed it; Ms. May is pushing for a rapprochement … in kind, with the grand Wahhabist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "So what," you may say!
It brings the appeals for the hunger crises in Yemen and east Africa to a total of £72m, including the £15m the UK government has contributed.
Prime Minister Theresa May flies into Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Britain's biggest trading partner in the Arab world.
For the British, the visit has a straightforward agenda; in a world overshadowed by the uncertainties of Brexit this trip is primarily about trade and investment - Saudi investment that is - into the UK.
British goods and services exported to Saudi Arabia totalled £6.6bn ($8.25bn) in 2015.
For the Saudi rulers - one of the few remaining absolute monarchies in the world - it is also about something else.
The Saudis are feeling increasingly surrounded and threatened by their regional rival Iran and its proxy militias.
So the Saudis want to know that their defence alliance with the UK, as well as the US, is rock solid.
In Yemen, the Saudis and their allies the UAE are determined to reverse what they see as an Iranian-backed coup by minority Houthi rebels who have illegally taken over half the country, including the capital, and carried out numerous human rights abuses since seizing power in 2014.
But the Saudis have got themselves bogged down in an unwinnable war and paying the price are Yemen's civilians; schools, hospitals, markets and a funeral have all been hit by clumsy targeting from the air.
Iran has strongly refuted accusations by Britain''s Prime Minister Theresa May and reminded her of the responsibility of the former colonial metropolis with thousands of deaths in Yemen and the rest of the region.
'Sales of weapons to aggressors who kill innocent people in the region, especially in the current unequal war in Yemen, is inconsistent with May's recent allegations,' noted Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi.
During her visit to Riyadh yesterday, the British leader gave an interview to the Al-Riyadh newspaper in which she accused Tehran of creating tensions and insecurity in the Middle East through its interference in the affairs of other Arab nations.
Qassemi recalled that it is not the first time that May is pronounced in an 'unfounded and lacking in truth' form, and opined that she does so 'at a time when it seems that she has forgotten her position and responsibility, and closed her eyes to the Global events '.
Confronted with serious challenges, but also blessed with remarkable assets, the United Arab Emirates has developed a distinctive, and in some ways unprecedented, national security strategy. The UAE is one of the smaller countries in the world, especially demographically, with only about 1.5 million citizens, but is one of the wealthiest per capita.
The UAE has quietly built its own independent defense capabilities. Over the decades, it has methodically constructed relatively small but sophisticated military assets such as its air force, special forces, and high-tech offensive and defensive weaponry. As this military capability has grown, the country has become more willing to use force, usually in conjunction with some set of allies, to secure its vital interests. And it has deployed these hard power capacities hand-in-hand with its more traditional soft power approaches. It is also at the beginning stages of developing its own domestic defense industry.
The UAE has carefully nurtured a set of crucial strategic and military alliances, especially with Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Cooperation Council members, as well as the United States. The country seeks to do what it can for itself, but recognizes that much of what it needs to accomplish to secure its vital interests will have to be conducted in collaboration with others.
The UAE's increasing willingness to act militarily to secure its interests is perhaps best reflected in the intervention in Yemen that began in 2015, which is primarily led by Saudi Arabia in the north and the Emirates in the south. To support this campaign, and more broadly acquire greater strategic depth, the UAE has recently established military bases in the Horn of Africa, most notably at Assab in Eritrea. To sustain this strategic expansion, and build on its logic, the UAE will almost certainly have to develop greater bluewater naval capabilities in the coming decades.
The meeting, proposed by Germany, on assisting people hit by the hunger crisis in East Africa and Yemen was quickly slotted in on Wednesday by EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Federica Mogherini. It ran parallel to the 70-nation two-day Syria conference which was also being hosted by Brussels.
After the meeting on the hunger crisis, Germany and the EU held a short, joint press briefing where Mogherini thanked Germany for proposing the meeting. "It was brief, but important," she said. It was certainly necessary to raise awareness of the need to help regions hit by civil war or drought, such as Somalia, South Sudan, northern Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia. "We urge our partners across the world to come and help," Mogherini said. "But we have to improve coordination. The catastrophe which is being forecast can't be allowed to happen," she added.
As the Saudi-led coalition's military engagement in Yemen enters year three, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States find themselves on the same side of the conflict, making for one of the more unusual military groupings in recent U.S. history.
Sudan, led by President Omar al-Bashir, joined the operation and began contributing troops in October 2015. That month, Sudan's top military official stated that 6,000 troops were ready to participate in the coalition. Human rights organizations and regional analysts criticized the coalition's inclusion of Sudan, as President Bashir remains wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide after mass atrocities were committed in Darfur. In 2004, the U.S. government characterized those atrocities as genocide, leading to U.S. and UN sanctions.
Yemen is not the first time the Bashir regime has pursued military and political objectives outside of Sudan. It is also not the first time Sudan found itself fighting on the same side of a conflict as the US.
Still, the Bashir regime knows how to spot a good deal and seize a political opportunity. The regime's pivot to Saudi Arabia and the GCC has proven timely, and the financial rewards that it received for a relatively limited contribution of troops in the Yemen conflict has far outweighed the costs. This pivot provided the regime a sorely needed economic lifeline, while helping to repair its reputation as a responsible actor, at least regionally.
Comment by Judith Brown: Interesting article about the overlooking of crimes against humanity levied against Sudan now that those crimes are continuing in Yemen. I posted an article a couple of weeks ago about the janjaweed militias being used in Yemen.
I met Hussam in Penang, Malaysia at 6th March. and he feels pretty happy that we could do this video together.
Hussam's from Yemen, currently living in Malaysia as a refugee. He left Yemen since early 2015. Yemen is in a serious problem as other Arabian countries like Syria, his college has been closed in 2015 and that makes him had to move out of Yemen, and try to find a way about his future.
Somalia land was his first stop, he and his friend took a boat for goats under the super hot sun from Aden to Berbera. that was the first step to being a refugee traveler.Also, we talked about several things about Yemen problems, his life experience and how he thinks about Islam world in middle east. and how did he meet a super nice woman who helped him in Somalia land.
At the end of the video, he said something about thanks in Arabic, he said he appreciates that we could do this together, and gave him a chance to speak out. to show the real life of refugees, and make those bad stereotypes disappear.
I worked for more than two months in Obock, a tiny town of 2,000 inhabitants in northern Djibouti. Located only a few hours across the Bab al-Mandab Strait from Yemen, Obock is a transit zone for both migrants and refugees. The town hosts Markazi, a Yemeni refugee camp of approximately 1,000 people, and at one point, there were also around 1,000 irregular Ethiopian migrants in Obock on their way to Saudi Arabia.
When I first arrived in this very poor, politically marginalised Afar community (a minority ethnic group in the country which is dominated by Somalis), there was an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea, and some cases of cholera.
However, there were no tensions between the host population, refugees and migrants. Why can't we even imagine a similar situation somewhere in Europe? Why are all European Union states currently resisting the relocation of asylum seekers from Greece and Italy?
Djibouti is also the primary destination for refugees fleeing war in Yemen. The tiny East African country also hosts more than 11,000 refugees, including many from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, in Ali Addeh, and just under 2,300 refugees in Holl Holl. These are both refugee camps where conditions are extremely harsh as a result of limited water resources and intense temperature fluctuations.
My comment: Disgusting. There misses the equivalent of 12 hours Saudi aerial war against Yemen (as day by day, since ca. 740 days now).
Chairman of Aden Port Corps Mohammed Amzrbah that the port witnessed an increase of the ships received during the first quarter of 2017.
In a remark to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) said that the docks of Aden port received over 161 ships, with 50% increase when comparison with the same period of the last year.
The Aden Container Terminal has agreed with the World Food Program to provide special warehouses to store relief items and has the ability to make similar arrangements with other relief organizations as required.
My comment: And, how many goods (food, fuel, medicines, other) already had been transported from Aden to the Houthi-held part of Yemen??
Although the Houthis are currently economically besieged, it is clear that human costs of draining sources of income of the rebel group is higher than what most Yemenis can handle.
The Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has been in the hands of the Houthi rebel group for more than two years now. The Houthi takeover of the capital and large areas of the country in September 2014 led not only to the launch of the Saudi-led coalition military action in Yemen by the end of March 2015, but also started one of the worst man-made humanitarian catastrophes in the country's history and in the world with more than 3.1 million internally displaced persons, and 17 million food-insecure people of whom about 7 million people are severely food insecure and do not know where their next meal is coming from.
The value the rebel group gains from controlling one of the country's busiest ports — the port of Hodeidah — is of existential matter for income generation, especially after the relocation of the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) to Aden cut the Sanaa-based Central Bank's and commercial banks' lines of communication with international banks and financial institutions. Recent fighting along the country's west coast and Houthi-Saleh loyalists' attacks on different vessels and ships in the Red Sea show their strategic interest in the western regions of the country and the great strategic loss the rebel group will suffer from when losing control of them.
The relocation of the CBY and redirecting the country's small, yet existing revenues to the Central Bank's new headquarters in Aden and the inability of the Sanaa-based CBY to serve importers' demand for foreign currency, which led to a decline in economic activities in Houthi-held areas, took their toll on the rebel group's finances. The Houthi rebel group felt the tightening grip of the internationally recognized government and started looking to exploit other sources of state revenues.
In line with losing territorial advantage in their fight with the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government, the Houthi rebel group was aware of its populous advantage. Although the Houthi-Saleh alliance does not control as many areas as the internationally recognized government, it does in fact control more populated areas.
The Houthis maintained collecting taxes and customs from people in their areas. Since oil exports were suspended at the outbreak of the war, a large portion of these state revenues came from customs on imported goods and value-added tax on all sorts of goods sold in markets under their control. When the internationally recognized government wins the battle for the port of Hodeidah, the Houthi rebel group will have lost one of its greatest sources of income.
Since the Houthi rebel group controls areas more populated than those under the internationally recognized government's control, the devastating effect of the war on food security in areas under the rebel group's control is the most visible.
Sanaa and other Houthi-held cities are witnessing a double economic siege: one imposed by the internationally recognized government and the Saudi-led coalition, with fighting along the west coast and the closure of Sanaa Airport since August 2016, which led to slowing or sometimes halting the delivery of basic commodities, and one by the Houthi rebel group with their collection of taxes, customs and tariffs from a population that mostly lost its source of income at the start of or during the war.
My comment: That sounds quite anti-Houthi, as just the wording is showing. The Houthis are a "rebel group" just in Saudi and Western propaganda; they had morphed into a government party since more than two years now. The author shows that she disagrees with these "rebels" collecting taxes; well, they are government now, and every government is collecting taxes. The question only can be whether the taxes are adequate and the finances are used well. I doubt it really is much better in Hadi's "liberated" part of Yemen. And the Hadi side has the advantage of international support (extending to the acknowledgement of his new Central Bank) and of a Saudi paymaster.
Two suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike in war-torn Yemen, local security sources said today amid a surge in US raids against jihadists.
The sources said the drone, apparently American, hit the fighters last evening as they rode a motorbike through the Sawmaa area of central Baida province.
Yemeni tribal and security officials say a suspected U.S. airstrike has killed three al-Qaida operatives, including the brother of the Yemeni affiliate's late leader.
They say Thursday's airstrike in the southern province of Bayda killed Khattab al-Wuhayshi, the brother of Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike nearly two years ago.
Bei einem Drohnenangriff im Jemen ist nach Angaben aus Sicherheitskreisen ein mutmaßlicher örtlicher Verantwortlicher des Al-Kaida-Netzwerks getötet worden. Ahmed Ali Saana sei in der Nacht in der südlichen Provinz Abjan von einer Rakete getroffen worden, erklärte ein Vertreter der jemenitischen Sicherheitskräfte.
A drone strike killed a suspected al-Qaeda militant in southern Yemen on Thursday as the US steps up its air war against the extremists.
The missile hit al-Qaeda provincial official Ahmed Ali Saana as he was riding a motorbike late on Wednesday in the town of Khabar al-Muraqasha in Abyan province, a major target of recent drone strikes, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Feeling the heat from the US, Iran is attempting to shift global attention to Yemen, an analyst told Arab News, as Arab Coalition Forces intercepted 12 ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militias toward the Yemeni city of Al-Mokha. Rajeh Badi, Yemeni government spokesman, told Arab News on Saturday.
Twelve ballistic missiles launched in less than one hour is an extraordinary attack, he said.
He called on the international community to move vigorously to disarm the militia, which poses a risk to the lives of Yemenis.
Hamdan Al-Shehri, a political analyst and international relations expert, told Arab News that the launching of a large number of ballistic missiles in a short time constitutes a serious escalation by the Iran-backed rebels. He added that the Houthi attacks call for an international response to curb the Iranian intervention not only in Yemen but in the region.
Yemeni spokesman Badi said Iran is still supplying the Houthi militia with weapons and missiles via more than one route including Yemeni seaports, which are still under the control of these militias such as Al-Hodeida Port.
He called on the international community to liberate all Yemeni ports from the Houthis. He said missiles are being launched daily on the cities of Marib, Aden and Taiz.
My comment: On the 12 intercepted missiles, cp17. – Also this attack is used for anti-Iranian propaganda and for propaganda t justify (and thus to prepare) the planned attack at Hodeidah port, which will cause terrible humanitarian consequences.
The Yemeni government said people kidnapped and held at militants' prisons number more than 14,000 since the militias started invading several provinces two years ago. Besides, young girls are being forced to marry leaders and soldiers of Houthi militants despite parents' refusal, local Yemeni press reported recently.
Parents who object to the forced marriage of their daughters are threatened with death, imprisonment, torture and even displacement and confiscation of property, according to an SPA report.
Houthis have been attempting to impose a foreign agenda and beliefs on the Yemeni civilians living in Sanaa and in other areas under their control, according to the reports.
The "Houthi supervisors," as residents in Ibb Province call them, turned to forced marriage after the Yemeni society proved reluctant to accept the militants' foreign agenda and traditions. Yemeni tribes reject marriages unless they are based on their own customs and traditions.
Local media reported a man in Madaq village in Badan Province was about to have his house and land confiscated when he refused to give his 16-year-old girl in marriage to a Houthi leader.
The Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Saqr had an interview with Al-Jazeera TV on Tuesday, April 5th. In response to the question about the U.S.'s stance towards Yemen, he stated: "Donald Trump stressed on two issues in his campaign. The first issue was regarding the significance and danger of Iran's ballistic missiles.
Spokesman of the Arab Coalition Ahmed Asiri has criticized the insistence of the UN to keep Hodeidah Port under the control of the Houthi-Saleh militias.
He called the United Nations to stand to the side of the Yemeni people, not to the side of the Houthi-Saleh militias.
Asiri previously said that the rejection of the United Nations to supervise Hodeidah Port left no option but to liberate the port.
Asiri told media outlets on Friday that the Arab Coalition will carry out military operation to restore Hodeidah Port which is currently run by the Houthis.
Asiri said that the Arab Coalition is preparing Mocha Port to receive relief and humanitarian assistance and to be as an alternative of Hodeidah port.
My comment: How and why the UN could and should seize power at any place in the world? – All this is a pretense to attack ("liberate") Hodeidah. The humanitarian impact will be disastrous. – Mokha port does not have the capacity to replace Hodeidah. – "He called the United Nations to stand to the side of the Yemeni people, not to the side of the Houthi-Saleh militias."LOL. "stand to the side of the Yemeni people" for Assiri is to starve them out.
The number of captives in prisons of Saleh and Houthi militias has exceeded 14, 000 since the coup that began two years ago and the invasion of a series of Yemeni provinces.
In a statement, Yemen's Ministry of Human Rights stated that around 3,000 were kidnapped including: Defense Minister Mahmoud al-Subaihi, Nasser Hadi and Mohammad Qahtan. Other political, media and rights figures were also kidnapped.
According to the statement, Saleh and Houthi militias adopted the gag policy, arrested opposing parties- or suspected opposers- and transformed more than 400 public facilities into detention and torture sites.
Up to 73 individuals were killed after being tortured by the militias that have used all possible means of torture and humiliation.
The ministry, through its report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in its 34th session, clarified the number of detainees and discussed with several international authorities the necessity of taking action to release the captives and reveal their fate.
My comment: There are many people who had been detained by the Houthis. How many actually? I doubt on figures given by the Hadi government and Saudi media. Such reports serve propaganda purposes. – And the auction starts: Asharq al-Awsat is 14.000, Al Sahwa is 17.000, who will have more?
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is also the kingdom's Defense Minister, recently met with senior Yemeni tribal sheikhs, reported Saudi Press Agency SPA.
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed gave a speech in which he welcomed the visiting delegation.
In his address, Prince Mohammed conveyed greetings sent by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, emphasizing deep-rooted ties between the two countries and their people, saying that Saudi Arabia views Yemen far and foremost an Arab nation.
He added that the greatest mistake committed by enemies propagating foreign agendas is that it tried to infringe on the depth and basis of Arabs, which drew the attention of all other Arab nations.
Over the last year and a half, tables have turned across the Arab and Islamic world, Crown Prince Mohammed added.
He said that the people of Yemen do not need help, with their valor alone and unity they are able to wipe out the enemy.
"But we, your brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Arab Gulf states, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco or all over the Arab and Islamic world, cannot see the mobilization and standing up of Yemeni men without being beside them–we are with you in every step to the last day in our lives, as we were in the past and we will be in the future," Prince Mohammed vowed before the delegation of senior Yemeni tribesman.
Tribes of Marib, Saada and Hajjah have renewed their commitment towards supporting the legitimate forces in Yemen and joining efforts to achieve the missions of the Arab Coalition. The tribes asserted that they will continue to protect their provinces from the rebel militias and will back stability and security.
Marib's Governor Sultan al-Arada described the meeting between Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, and Yemen tribal leaders as very positive, adding that the situation encourages exerting more efforts for the sake of legitimacy in Yemen.
Arada expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its unlimited support on the military and humanitarian levels. He also called on the Yemeni tribes not to be impartial and support Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Following the meeting, the Yemeni tribes addressed the political components and tribes in Yemen urging them to stand by the Yemeni legitimacy and to contribute in liberating the country from the rebel forces so that security and stability prevail in Yemen, from north to south, as it was the case before the coup.
Othman al-Majali, minister of state for parliament and Shura council and an eminent sheikh in Saada, stated that the Saudi kingdom backed the Yemeni people in face of the coup that was supported by Iran.
Saudi Arabia believes that tribal sheikhs are the last card to play in Yemen in the face of hostility with Saleh and Houthis as the Islah party, which ranks on the terrorist list, is only still cherished by the UAE.
Amidst the uneasiness of the UAE, Saudi Arabia summoned 150 sheikhs from Yemen to a meeting in Riyadh that received great attention from the Saudi leadership. The meeting was attended by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Bin Salman, during his reception of the sheikhs, praised them and affirmed that the Kingdom would be with them in "good and evil".
Informed sources added that the Saudi leadership demanded that the sheikhs gather with absolute loyalty to the power of Saudi Arabia, with no links to the UAE or other parties.
In return, they would receive financial rewards. The rewards were handed immediately with distribution of bags of money .
Saudi Arabia's choice and its bet on the tribes at the expense of the internationally rejected reformist party is confirmed by the reformist leader and tribal sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar who was insulted by the Saudis who boycotted the speech at the Movempik Hotel in Riyadh before the official meeting.
In the context of the Saudi media and rights activist Bassam Al-Barq wrote in his Facebook page, "Every Saudi Sheikh was paid 200 thousand Saudi riyals. They paid them a total of 30 million Saudi riyals. This is less than 20 million Saudi riyals for adults. 50 million Saudi riyals. Starvation and unpaid staff for the seventh month and students abroad do not find the value of eating?! "
The source of the Correspondent Net pointed out that the UAE leadership is greatly disturbed by the tribal meeting called by Saudi Arabia and doubt about the objectives of Riyadh from this meeting.
The US-backed Saudi warplanes launched on Saturday four strikes on al-Sabeen and Ma'en districts in the capital of Sanaa, an official told Saba.
The fighter jets hit a September 21 garden Ma'en district twice and two others on al-Nahdain area of al-Sabeen district, causing heavy damage to citizens' farms and private, public properties, the official added.
The capital Sanaa now is under heavy Saudi bombardment. Huge explosions rocks the city as #Saudi jets continue flying over the sky.
US-backed Saudi war criminals bombed Yemen capital Sanaa with 11 airstrikes over the last three hours.Emboldened by US aggression on Syria?
The US-backed Saudi fighter jets and warships on Saturday hit a number of areas in Mokha district of Taiz province, a security official told Saba.
Saudi warplanes launched six air raids on residential areas in Yemen's western port city of Hudaydah, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.
On Saturday, Saudi fighter jets pounded civilian areas in the districts of Hais, Khokha, Kamaran, Nikhaylah and al Drehimy in Hudaydah killing scores of civilians, Yemen's Saba news agency reported.
The assaults also caused material damage to public and private properties.
In a separate development, at least five civilians lost their lives in Saudi airstrikes on residential areas in the Yemeni provinces of Hajjah and Ta'izz.
According to Yemen's al-Masirah television, Saudi warplanes launched two air raids on residential buildings in Hajjah's Hayran district on Friday night.
At least three people were killed and five others injured in the aerial attacks.
Saudi jets also pounded Maqbanah district in the southwestern province of Ta'izz on Friday, leaving a teen and a child dead, while another boy was wounded in the attack.
On Saturday, April 8, 2017, a coalition of Saudi-led aggression led by Saudi Arabia bombed a bridge in the Baqam district of the northern province of Sa'ada. Other raids took place in several areas of the province.
Local sources told "Khobar" that the planes of aggression targeted Barqala bridge at the Directorate of Baqam with a raid that led to his departure from service and caused severe material damage, and caused the disruption of the road and the disruption of passenger traffic and stop their work.
US-Saudi aggression coalition warplanes waged nine strikes on Beni al Harith directorate north of the capital Sanaa overnight, a military official told Saba on Thursday.
The airstrikes hit al Orok area three times, where a hospital and a nearby house were totally destroyed, in which a woman and child were injured.
The six other strikes hit Bir Zahir area in the same district.
The bodies of Somali refugees killed in suspected gunship attack in the coast of Yemen are yet to be buried about three weeks after the attack while some families are still in the dark over the fate of their loved ones.
Somali consular general in Yemen Ahmed Abdi Hassan told Goobjoog News only nine families have contacted the authorities in Yemen to allow the burial of their deceased kin in Yemen while 31 other bodies still remain unclaimed.
Some of the families are yet to get any information regarding their loved ones. Hassan said seven of the 17 injured persons are in critical condition and will require further treatment abroad. "The government of Somalia is organizing for further treatment of the seven people who are critical injured," said Hassan.
The warplanes hit Yakhtal area nine times, as the warships fired more than 16 rockets on different areas in the same district.
A number of US-Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others wounded when the army and popular forces shelled their groups western Mokha district of Taiz province, a military official told Saba on Saturday.
Dozens-Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others wounded when the army and popular forces fired tens of missiles on their gatherings and in Mokha district of Taiz provinces, a military official told Saba on Saturday.
The shelling hit the mercenaries, killing and wounding dozens.
A military official said on Saturday that the air defense systems of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition have intercepted twelve ballistic missiles fired by the forces loyal to the Houthi group and former president Saleh on the pro-government forces' sites in al Mocha city, western Yemen.
The leader in the popular resistance Omar Dawbala has written on Facebook that the coalition air defense systems have intercepted the ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis.
A local source in al Mocha city told Almasdaronline that violent explosions were heard in the airspaces of the city after the missiles were destroyed.
Moreover, local residents in al Mocha have published photographs for the remains of the missiles falling near their houses, while some other missiles have fallen down in the outskirts of the city, which became a stronghold of the pro-government forces and popular resistance after securing it last February.
The Yemen National Army, backed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, gained control of areas in the northwest of Taiz following fierce fighting against Houthi militants and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Thursday.
According to the Taiz military unit Facebook page the forces gained control over Radar hill on Khamsin street, as well as the Qare' hill, overlooking the same street.
Yemen's graffiti has become more and more political as artists struggle to respond to increasing violence.
Suspected Somali pirates have again hijacked a vessel on one of the world's crucial trade routes, authorities said Saturday night, the latest in a string of attacks after several years of silence.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations piracy watchdog said on its website it had received a report from a vessel under attack and possibly boarded off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen. It gave no further details.
Somali pirates in recent weeks have hijacked at least two vessels with foreign crews in the waters off Somalia and Yemen, marking a return of the threat after half a decade.
A source with the ports ministry in Somalia's northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland said armed pirates hijacked a ship flying under the Tuvalu flag and were steering it toward Somalia's northern coast. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
Graeme Gibbon Brooks, the CEO of the British firm Dryad Maritime, said security officials believed the vessel to be a bulk carrier.
The Yemeni national team coach and captain have thanked the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) for helping them to dream big, during troubled times in their country.
The war-torn nation are seeking qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates and are playing their home matches in the host nation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup thanks to the QFA's support.
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Title: Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
Email: gabermana@mail.sacredheart.edu
Aaron Gaberman joined Sacred Heart in the summer of 2018 as a Graduate Assistant for Athletic Communications. Gaberman spent the past year as a post graduate media relations intern at Villanova University where he served as the primary contact for men's golf, softball, and water polo as well as the University's Varsity Club Hall of Fame. Additionally, he provided extensive support for several other programs including the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship team and FCS football program.
Prior to Villanova, Gaberman spent five semesters as a Sports Information Department Intern at his alma mater Marist College where he assisted in producing written athletic game previews for the Marist College Athletics website; formulating backup game statistics, preparing game day programs, and running game stats to media members during game day events.
Gaberman has also spent a summer in 2016 as a Sports Publicity Intern at Yale University where he served as the primary contact for men's ice hockey and lacrosse. In 2015 he spent his summer as an athletic communications department intern at Sacred Heart University. Prior to his summer internship at SHU, Gaberman interned with the Bridgeport Bluefish Independent Baseball team in 2014.
Gaberman earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marist College in 2017 with a concentration in Sports Communications. He is a 14-year brain cancer survivor and currently resides in Wilton, Connecticut.

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(June 24, 2005, updated after midnight June 25) -- An L.A. County Sheriff Deputy based at the Lakewood station was fatally shot this afternoon in Hawaiian Gardens, a stone's throw from El Dorado Park Estates, in the area of the 12200 block of 223d St.
A major manhunt ensued which lasted from midafternoon into the evening.
[update] By 10:00 p.m., a suspect description was released, and about midnight, Sheriffs took the suspect into custody.
Deputy Jerry Ortiz, a 15 year LASD veteran and a Gang Enforcement Deputy, was mortally wounded -- shot in the head -- by a gunman who fled on foot, disappearing into the surrounding neighborhood.
Deputy Ortiz's name will now be inscribed on the memorial wall outside LASD's station on Clark Ave.
As word of deputy Ortiz's passing spread, this man came to pay his respects. He stood in silence, and was the first (of many) to place flowers at the wall for Deputy Ortiz.
"My son is a police officer," he said.
LASD established a large perimeter and LBPD assisted, closing access to Norwalk Blvd. at Wardlow Rd.
LBPD Officer Nahin Anaya efficiently detoured residents, dispensing instructions in English and Spanish.
News helicopters created a constant drone as L.A. TV outlets suspended their scheduled afternoon news stories to report the brazen crime and its aftermath.


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Will 2019 be the year that businesses finally implement and enforce company-wide use of password management software?
Thanks to the rise in cloud applications and web resources, most of us are juggling a massive number of accounts on a day-to-day basis.
What would this list look like for you accounting team? HR? Operations?
Now add all those accounts together. How many applications is your company, as a whole, using to perform their duties? And how much of your company information is spread across all these accounts?
If we leave password management up to the individual, there's simply no practical way for them to memorize such a large quantity of unique, complex passwords. They'll either repeat the weak passwords they already have memorized across corporate accounts, or they'll come up with new passwords that they have to write down somewhere in order to keep track. They don't have any other choice.
And that puts your business at big-time risk of a breach.
Not only that, but leaving password management to your team makes it incredibly difficult for your business to regain control of corporate accounts after an employee leaves.
Do you even know all the platforms each person on your team is using?
Take inventory. To start, we have to wrap our arms around what applications are running around our organization, and how big of an endeavor it will be to wrap these accounts under corporate management. This will help set expectations for the steps ahead.
Create your policy. Next, create and disseminate a password policy to your team so that everyone knows what parameters they need to work within. Your IT team can help you align this policy with industry best practices.
Implement a password manager. Finally, provide your team with the tools they need to actually abide by this policy: a password manager. Identify a package that will help your team manage their accounts easily and securely, and that is centralized to give your business ultimate control over each one. Dashlane is terrific for personal and family use, and Keeper is my recommendation for business use.
It will take time and patience to migrate all of your accounts into this new platform, but stick with it: the security of your data depends on it.
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Winter is Coming, To 'Sesame Street' That Is, 'Game Of Thrones' Star Peter Dinklage To Appear On Kids Show On Sept. 20, Highlight Hollywood News
Peter Dinklage is coming to Sesame Street. Highlight Hollywood has been saying for three years, that if you are not watching Game of Thrones, you are missing the best show in the history of television. And at least Sesame Street producers and writers are believers. I didn't like the show as a kid, growing up in a rural community, urban dwellings didn't appeal to me. But, I may actually become a Sesame Street fans now.
Perhaps Big Bird was right, and it's that "Sunny Day" song that talks about sweeping the clouds away. We need more songs like that, especially if you're a fan of the North and House Stark.
This year's Emmy Award-nominated Thrones star Dinklage, aka Tyrion Lannister, will be appearing on the Sept 20 episode of Sesame Street. He will be appearing alongside Telly, the Muppet monster with a bad case of nerves. They will play a game of Simon says, which will go wrong when Telly starts to make mistakes. Luckily, Dinklage will be around to give the Muppet the confidence he needs to stay calm and relaxed. After all, the word on the street will be "relax."
The kids series recently kicked off its 44th season with an appearance by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron.
The Sept 20 episode will be brought to you by the letter "Z" and the number "15″ – two of my favorite characters.
Photographs are Courtesy: Sesame Street
Previous Big Night For Debut Of Fox's 'Sleepy Hollow', Also, 'Dome' Finale Rating Solid, ABC's 'DWTS' Premiere Up As Well, Highlight Hollywood News
Next 'True Blood' Star Bailey Noble, Who Portrays Adilyn Bellefleur Upped To Contract Status For New Season, THR Reports, Highlight Hollywood News


Jun 25, 2009 - The Los Angeles Lakers selected Patrick Beverley in Round 2 with Pick 12 in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Jun 25, 2009 - The draft rights to Patrick Beverley was acquired by the Miami Heat from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for a 2011 2nd round pick (MIA own) and cash.
Aug 2, 2010 - Patrick Beverley signed a multi-year contract with the Miami Heat.
Oct 25, 2010 - The Miami Heat placed the contract of Patrick Beverley on waivers.
Oct 27, 2010 - Patrick Beverley, previously with the Miami Heat, became a free agent.
Jan 7, 2013 - Patrick Beverley signed a multi-year contract with the Houston Rockets.
Jan 7, 2013 - The Houston Rockets assigned Patrick Beverley to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the G League.
Jan 14, 2013 - The Houston Rockets recalled Patrick Beverley from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the G League.
Jun 30, 2015 - The Houston Rockets tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Patrick Beverley a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 2015 - Patrick Beverley, previously with the Houston Rockets, became a free agent.
Jul 9, 2015 - Patrick Beverley signed a multi-year contract with the Houston Rockets.
Jun 28, 2017 - Patrick Beverley was acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers, along with Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Lou Williams, Kyle Wiltjer, a conditional 2018 1st round pick (HOU own), cash and a TPE, from the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul and a TPE.
Jan 7, 2013 - The Houston Rockets assigned Patrick Beverley to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Jan 14, 2013 - The Houston Rockets recalled Patrick Beverley from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
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