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The Houthi military escalation in Yemen’s governorates of Taiz, Hodeidah and Marib caused last month a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs) amid fears that calm reached among warrying parties will collapse and that peace efforts will stumble due to the group’s resolve and desire to prolong the conflict. The Executive Unit for IDP Camps Management said in its monthly report that 370 households of 1,846 individuals were displaced from December 1 to 31.
The peak of a cholera and severe diarrhea wave was recorded in the two districts of Al Qahirah and Al Mudaffar, in the center of the Yemeni city of Taiz, according to a recently published humanitarian report. HUMAN ACCESS said tens of thousands of people in the two districts suffer from malnutrition, especially among pregnant women and children. It revealed that about 55,000 children and 66,000 women are acutely malnourished.
The 45-page report, “‘Death is More Merciful Than This Life’: Houthi and Yemeni Government Violations of the Right to Water in Taizz,” found that parties to the conflict in Yemen have significantly exacerbated the area’s water crisis. The Houthis have weaponized water in Taizz by blocking water from flowing into Yemeni government-controlled Taizz city, while Yemeni government-affiliated military forces have previously sold public water supplies to residents for their own profit.
The Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) are failing to fulfill Aden residents’ right to electricity and water. Frequent shutoffs have negatively affected residents’ access to health, education, and other rights essential for adequate standard of living.