May 18 Watch 10:07 Scarred by war, Yemen’s children carry burdens beyond their years By Marcia Biggs In Yemen, some of the most vulnerable victims are the 2 million children on the brink of starvation, or those who lost limbs during the fighting. In Aden, many children have been fit with prosthetic limbs, but with rudimentary materials… Continue watching
May 18 More than 22 million Yemenis need humanitarian assistance every day. Here’s how you can help By Ryan Connelly Holmes Three years after a Saudi-led coalition began to bomb Yemen, the country is hanging on by a thread, workers for international aid organizations say. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 9:08 Survival is a struggle in the rubble of Yemen’s war By Marcia Biggs With its infrastructure broken, the constant threat of starvation and a failed state, Yemen is on the brink of collapse. Less than half of its health facilities are functional amid a health crisis that has seen epidemics of preventable and… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 9:53 Yemen was poor before, but ‘the war just finished us’ By Marcia Biggs It's being called the forgotten war. With access for journalists limited and dangerous, Yemen, home to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, goes largely ignored. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs was able to enter the country to learn how its people are… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 24:58 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 12, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, May 12, Iraq holds its first national elections since the defeat of the Islamic State, and a unique prison program allows incarcerated mothers to raise newborns while in prison. Also, what’s behind Spotify’s new “hateful… Continue watching
May 04 ‘I don’t think there’s a safe place in Yemen anymore’ By Layla Quran Seventy-five percent of Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance as the country enters its fourth year of war. Here's what's happening now. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:31 Yemenis ‘struggling to live day to day’ at third anniversary of conflict with Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour, Hari Sreenivasan In Yemen, what started out as a civil war has escalated into a regional power struggle, with a devastating humanitarian crisis affecting many millions. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with journalist Iona Clark, who has reported on and lived in Yemen for… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 6:09 ‘Monk of Mokha’ tells the story of your culture-crossing, life-changing cup of coffee By PBS News Hour Do you know where your coffee comes from? Dave Eggers' latest book is "The Monk of Mokha," the story of Mohktar Alkhanshali's journey to his family's war-torn homeland of Yemen, and the steps he took along the way to becoming… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 4:18 How political and military conflict caused the return of famine By Mori Rothman, Megan Thompson South Sudan and Yemen are at the brink of a severe food crisis, with over 400,000 malnourished children in Yemen, the United Nations estimates. Alex de Waal, a professor at the Tufts Fletcher School who spent years in the Horn… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 8:13 Saudi Arabia to offer more than $2.5 billion in aid to Yemen amid continuing conflict abroad and changing culture at home By PBS News Hour After nearly three years of a Saudi-led military operation, Saudi Arabia announced it will send more than $2.5 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance to war-torn Yemen. Meanwhile, the Kingdom is facing rapid social change, as women gain more rights. Continue watching