Country Information
Population
30,399,243 (July 2021 est.)
Ethnicity
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Religion (%)
Muslim 99.1%, other 0.9%
Leader
President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi (2012)
Government type
In transition
Legal system
Mixed legal system of Islamic law, Napoleonic law, English common law, and customary law
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Christian aid worker
Father Tom Uzhunnalil
Photo: World Watch Monitor
On October 1st, a mission aid worker who served at the Missionaries of Charity Centre -- a residential home for the elderly in Aden, Yemen -- was released after 18 months of captivity. As Father Tom Uzhunnalil arrived at his home
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Tom Uzhunnalil
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a mission aid worker abducted by terrorists in strife-torn Yemen, has made a recent video appeal for urgent help after getting "poor response" from governing authorities in India. The video-taped message addresses his deteriorating health and the fact that he ur
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Tom Uzhunnalil
Tom Uzhunnalil, a Christian missionary worker from India, was kidnapped last year during a violent attack on a Christian nursing home in Aden. On March 4th, gunmen burst into the residential facility and went from room to room, handcuffing full-time staff members and volunteers before
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VOM helped provide aid to suffering
Christian families in Yemen.
The civil war in Yemen has created a humanitarian crisis, leaving the Christian minority vulnerable to increased persecution by various militant groups. A mission is delivering food and water supplies to a small community of Christian
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