WFP says staff member died in detention in northern Yemen

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WFP says staff member died in detention in northern Yemen

The United Nations World Food Programme said on Tuesday that one of its staff members had died in detention in

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Guterres calls for probe into death of WFP staff member detained in Yemen

Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member who had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in the north since last month.

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UN announces death of aid worker imprisoned by Yemen's Houthis

The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after the UN suspended its operations in the rebel’s stronghold in northern Yemen. The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement that one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen. He was one of seven WFP staffers detained by the Houthi rebels o…

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UN chief strongly condemns death of World Food Program staff member detained in Yemen

'I extend my deepest condolences to his family and WFP colleagues and stand in solidarity with all detained colleagues and their families,' says Antonio Guterres - Anadolu Ajansı

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The Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP) mourned today (Wednesday) one of her employees who was liquidated in Houthi prisons less than a month after he was kidnapped from Saada Governorate. WFP Executive Director Cindy Hensley McCain wrote on her Twitter account: “I am saddened and outraged by the tragic loss of WFP team member Ahmed Ba’alawi who lost his life while being arbitrarily detained in Yemen,” without referring to the Hou…