The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Restoring access to critical infrastructure in Yemen
With funding from the government of Japan, UNOPS will rehabilitate roads in the city of Aden, helping connect more than half a million people to public services.
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1 Feb 2026
UNOPS rehabilitated over 2.3 kilometres of vital intra-urban roads in Aden, directly benefitting over 200,000 people.
Now finalized, the project restored essential connectivity between the city, the Port of Aden and surrounding governorates, facilitating the efficient flow of goods and people while revitalizing local economic activity.
New roads are helping ease traffic around Yemen’s Aden Port.
Years of conflict in Yemen have damaged urban roads, negatively impacting trade, mobility and access to key services such as healthcare and education.
To help, UNOPS will rehabilitate over 2.3 kilometres of intra-urban road infrastructure to enhance access to critical service buildings including schools, hospitals and other public utilities as well as commercial facilities.
“This project aims to rehabilitate urban roads in the city of Aden to improve access to major facilities in the city and vulnerable urban communities, including internally displaced persons, thereby contributing to supporting the future reconstruction of Yemen,” said Ishibashi Marino, Charge d’Affaires ad interim of Japan to Yemen.
The climate-resilient roads will enhance connectivity and help ensure the smooth transportation of goods and services to neighbouring communities and governorates.
“This important humanitarian road initiative will provide improved access to much needed public services for some 538,000 people – including more than 270,000 women and girls,” said Muhammad Usman Akram, Representative and Director of UNOPS Multi-Country Office in Amman.
