The Friends of South Yemen have put together this road map for the end of the civil war in Yemen. … More
Category: Yemen
Women’s Rights at The Next Century Foundation
International Women’s Day celebrated on the 8th March marks the women’s rights movement. In the 21st century it may come … More
Federalism as a Way forward for Yemen: UN HRC 46th Session Oral Statement
Secretary General, Dr William Morris, submitted to the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council his oral statement on … More
UN 46th Session NCF Statement Republic of Yemen by Catherine Shakdam and Fara Maruf
As of 2021 the Republic of Yemen has entered its seventh year of conflict – conflict which has led to … More
Trump’s legacy in Yemen puts millions at risk of starvation
If US President Donald Trump’s presidency has been defined by many scandals it is likely that his administration’s decision in … More
Women in War: empowerment or burden?
Pictured above is the Representative of Generations Without QAT, a women-led charity, addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva … More
On the politicisation of hunger – Yemen’s famine is largely artificial
Since war broke in Yemen – late March 2015, the country has walked a treacherous and arduous path, one paved … More
UN Oral Intervention: Failures in humanitarian aid to Yemen
The following has been submitted in the format of an Oral Statement to the 45th session of the UN Human … More
Healing the Nations – Book Now!
The Next Century Foundation’s Healing the Nations Summer Conference The Next Century Foundation is holding a ten-day online conference … More
Donors scale back Yemen funding amidst pandemic
Catherine Shakdam, the Head of the Next Century Foundation’s Yemen Unit, talks on Asia Today about the aid catastrophe that … More
Yemen’s exiles … millions live in limbo unable to return home
Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch called on the United States government to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) … More
The Depletion of Yemen’s cultural capital
There is an important aspect of the war in Yemen has been so far ignored – under sustained bombing Yemen, … More
The Yemen War: capitalism and the rise of a Black economy
Yemen has become yet another domino to fall in a well-organised terrorist system in which human misery is a tradable … More
Yemen’s Timeline – An Overview
The unrest in Yemen is not a single conflict but is instead a mosaic of multifaceted regional, local, and international … More
Including women could offer Yemen a way out of violence
For the greater part of its republican history (the Yemen Arab Republic was established in 1962) Yemen has been plagued … More
Building a Lasting Peace in Yemen by Getting Ahead of the Generational Gap
While Yemen remains locked in a grand political dispute, its people bound by the competing ambitions of various factions and … More
Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood Remains the Biggest Obstacle Towards Peace
The elephant in the room that no one wishes to directly address Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood, also known as Al Islah … More
NCF Yemen Boss on Riyadh Agreement
Yemen’s internationally recognised government and UAE-backed separatists have signed a power-sharing deal to halt infighting. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin … More
The Houthis’ grand military complex – A movement defined in battles
If the Houthis movement was initially structured as a conduit for positive social advancement in the Highlands as well as … More
The Ansarallah movement – A Political Genesis
The emergence of the Houthis/Ansarallah movement in Yemen’s Highlands is a complex process which cannot be reduced to its sectarian … More
Yemen’s War Theatre – A Situation Report
Since Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in late March 2015, citing UN Resolution 2216 as its justification, Yemen’s war has … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 16, 2019
Keeping Yemeni children in school The UAE is continuing to support Yemenis, under the framework of its humanitarian mission to … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 13, 2019
ERC continues aid efforts in Aden, Yemen The UAE has launched a relief campaign for internally displaced people camps in … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 10, 2019
Yemen to become poorest country in the world War-ravaged Yemen is on course to become the world’s poorest country … More
