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Yemen Urges Aid Funds Transfer via Aden’s Central Bank

Beneficiaries of the World Food Program gather outside a food distribution center in Sanaa before the program’s activities were halted (Reuters)
Beneficiaries of the World Food Program gather outside a food distribution center in Sanaa before the program’s activities were halted (Reuters)
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Yemen Urges Aid Funds Transfer via Aden’s Central Bank

Beneficiaries of the World Food Program gather outside a food distribution center in Sanaa before the program’s activities were halted (Reuters)
Beneficiaries of the World Food Program gather outside a food distribution center in Sanaa before the program’s activities were halted (Reuters)

Food insecurity in Yemen has worsened in recent months, with half of all families not getting enough to eat, according to United Nations reports.
The Yemeni government is calling for a review of the aid approach and criticizing relief organizations, urging that aid funds be routed through the Central Bank in Aden.
Aid distribution is expected to resume in about four months due to disruptions in the humanitarian food supply chain.
Military conflicts and economic tensions between the Yemeni government and the Houthi insurgency are making the situation even more difficult for the Yemenis.
Jamal Belfaqih, head of Yemen’s Supreme Relief Committee, urges international aid funds to be channeled through Aden's Central Bank. This move is supported by international organizations and the US Federal Reserve.
Belfaqih stresses that financial transactions involving Sanaa must receive approval from this recognized banking authority.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Belfaqih emphasized the need for international organizations to relocate to liberated areas, adjust humanitarian efforts to meet actual needs, and rebuild trust.
He believes this approach will secure funding, government support, and foster genuine partnerships with the private sector, based on decentralized humanitarian practices.
Belfaqih, also an advisor to Yemen’s Minister of Local Administration, encourages using sea, air, and land routes, including Saudi Arabia’s Jazan port, as unified channels to prioritize and meet regional needs effectively.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed that food insecurity in Yemen remained high through the end of May, reflecting varying levels across economic crisis zones. In regions under Yemeni government control, the rate of food insecurity rose by 54%, compared to 41% in Houthi-controlled areas.
According to a recent FAO report, food insecurity continued to worsen until last May, maintaining a similar level compared to the previous month but marking an 11% increase from the same period last year.

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Sudan Army Says Recaptures Key State Capital

Sudanese civilians displaced by offensive south of Khartoum earlier this year dream of returning to their homes after the regular army retakes territory - AFP
Sudanese civilians displaced by offensive south of Khartoum earlier this year dream of returning to their homes after the regular army retakes territory - AFP
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Sudan Army Says Recaptures Key State Capital

Sudanese civilians displaced by offensive south of Khartoum earlier this year dream of returning to their homes after the regular army retakes territory - AFP
Sudanese civilians displaced by offensive south of Khartoum earlier this year dream of returning to their homes after the regular army retakes territory - AFP

The Sudanese army said Saturday it had retaken a key state capital south of Khartoum from rival Rapid Support Forces who had held it for the past five months.

The Sennar state capital of Sinja is a strategic prize in the 19-month-old war between the regular army and the RSF as it lies on a key road linking army-controlled areas of eastern and central Sudan.

It posted footage on social media that it said had been filmed inside the main base in the city.

"Sinja has returned to the embrace of the nation," the information minister of the army-backed government, Khaled al-Aiser, said in a statement.

Aiser's office said armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had travelled to the city of Sennar, 60 kilometres (40 miles) to the north, on Saturday to "inspect the operation and celebrate the liberation of Sinja", AFP reported.

The RSF had taken the two cities in a lightning offensive in June that saw nearly 726,000 civilians flee, according to UN figures.

Human rights groups have said that those who were unwilling or unable to leave have faced months of arbitrary violence by RSF fighters.

Sinja teacher Abdullah al-Hassan spoke of his "indescribable joy" at seeing the army enter the city after "months of terror".

"At any moment, you were waiting for militia fighters to barge in and beat you or loot you," the 53-year-old told AFP by telephone.

Both sides in the Sudanese conflict have been accused of war crimes, including indiscriminately shelling homes, markets and hospitals.

The RSF has also been accused of summary executions, systematic sexual violence and rampant looting.

The RSF control nearly all of the vast western region of Darfur as well as large swathes of Kordofan in the south. They also hold much of the capital Khartoum and the key farming state of Al-Jazira to its south.

Since April 2023, the war has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 11 million -- creating what the UN says is the world's largest displacement crisis.

From the eastern state of Gedaref -- where more than 1.1 million displaced people have sought refuge -- Asia Khedr, 46, said she hoped her family's ordeal might soon be at an end.

"We'll finally go home and say goodbye to this life of displacement and suffering," she told AFP.