HODEIDA, Dec. 27 (Saba) - Two years of Yemen’s Stockholm Agreement , over a thousand people (1,249) have been maimed and killed by armed conflict in Hodeida governorate. This single governorate accounts for almost a quarter of all deaths and injuries in Yemen since the agreement was inked.
New figures show that this spike in violence is happening across different parts of the country, bringing the total number of causalities in Yemen since the agreement to 5,267 – or 7 civilians a day.
“The Stockholm Agreement was the most hopeful development in six years of war and averted a humanitarian catastrophe,” said Mohamed Abdi, Yemen Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council. “But the events of the last are a wake-up call. Despite initially reducing levels of violence, implementation of the agreement has stalled.
Hodeida remains the most dangerous place in Yemen to be a civilian. Violations of the ceasefire are reported on a daily basis.
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