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In June 2020, our Yemeni partner Alf Ba Civilization and Coexistence Foundation celebrated its 8th year in action. Below are exerts from statements by those working with Alf Ba who look back on how it all first started and the larger role of civil society.
27 July 2020
The UK has doubled-down on its long-held position as one of the main suppliers of fighter aircraft and bombs for Saudi Arabia’s catastrophic war in Yemen, declaring at the end of a review into its arms export processes that Saudi violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are not systematic enough to merit restraint.
8 July 2020
Amidst war and instability, the spread of diseases and the increasing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, we send a message of solidarity to our defiant partners in Yemen living and working in challenging conditions.
25 June 2020
In Yemen, our partners the National Organisation for Community Development (NODS), Youth Without Borders (YWBOD), and Alf Ba Civilization and Coexistence Foundation (Alf Ba) have been supporting volunteer groups to carry out peacebuilding work to make their communities safer.
30 April 2020
Saferworld spoke to 13 Yemeni civil society organisations we partner with in Aden, Taiz, Marib and Hadramaut on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Yemen.
17 April 2020
In January 2020, ten Yemeni civil society organisations in Aden, Marib, Taiz and Hadramaut started working on independent projects funded by Saferworld’s Yemen Civil Society Solidarity Fund. Learn more about their initiatives here.
17 April 2020
Despite a June court decision barring the UK Government from approving arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the UK’s International Trade Secretary has admitted to granting two licences in violation of the ruling. Roy Isbister argues that this is yet another example of how the current UK system is fundamentally flawed.
20 September 2019
A letter by a group of INGOs, including Saferworld, on attacks in Dhamar, Yemen
4 September 2019
To mark the end of our women's project in Yemen, a celebration ceremony was held in Aden to review the impact of the work.
14 September 2018
Saferworld’s Yemen team condemns the horrifying airstrike on a school bus in the Saada governorate.
14 August 2018