Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
The city of Aden is experiencing a severe crisis due to prolonged and frequent electricity outages, with power cuts lasting more than 22 hours a day amid record temperatures exceeding 40°C. This has drastically worsened the daily suffering of residents.
Local residents told Yemen Monitor that life in the city has become a daily nightmare. Children, the sick, and the elderly are enduring acute shortages of electricity and water, aggravating health conditions and increasing rates of malnutrition—especially among young children.
Mohammed Hussein Khudabash said that power cuts during the night leave residents struggling with unbearable heat. He described the ordeal of children, the ill, and the elderly experiencing suffocating conditions and sleepless nights. He called Aden “a field of patience and affliction” under these harsh circumstances.
Activist Abeer Abdullah stated that electricity in Aden is available for only 4 hours out of every 24—about 120 hours per month—compared to 600 hours of outages. This leaves residents in total darkness at night and exposed to extreme heat during the day.
In a related comment, Khaldoun Mohammed said the situation in Aden has become unbearable. He described the city as slowly dying under the weight of corruption and neglect, amid worsening living conditions marked by power cuts, water shortages, soaring prices, and a collapsing currency. He questioned when this destruction would come to an end.
Dr. Fathia Nasser expressed outrage over the situation, describing it as a “silent war” on the people of Aden—waged through the denial of basic services and targeting the most vulnerable without justification.
In another remark, Hassan Al-Haddad described the situation as one of the “wonders of the world”—that Aden, the first city in Yemen to receive electricity in the early 20th century, now drowns in darkness, while cities like Marib, Mokha, and Shabwa continue to enjoy consistent power supply.
Residents and activists continue to issue urgent calls to members of the Presidential Leadership Council and the government to address Aden’s humanitarian crisis and save lives, warning that continued silence in the face of this suffering may amount to an even greater crime. The city remains trapped in a state of injustice and neglect at the peak of the summer season.
