WorldWhy Yemen’s Mokha port matters for global trade and the Red Sea

Yemen’s port city of Mokha is at the centre of a battle with major strategic consequences for the Red Sea and global trade. Control of Mokha and the nearby coastline offers leverage over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a crucial route for oil, gas and food shipments. The report also examines Mokha’s historic coffee trade and the conflict’s devastating humanitarian toll, with tens of thousands of civilians displaced.