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United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Sana’a airport on a visit to Sana’a, Yemen May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah REUTERS
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Children displaced by the war in northwestern Yemen pose for a photo near their makeshift huts on the pavement of a street in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. [Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]
UN: Yemen Faces a Triple Threat
New York – The United Nations has warned that Yemen was heading towards “total collapse”, stressing that the Yemeni people were facing a triple threat, represented by war, famine and the cholera outbreak. Speaking during a Security Council briefing on the situation in...Caption:
Stephen O’Brien speaks during a news conference at the British Embassy in Khartoum. Reuters
UN Praises Improved Security, Services in Aden
Aden- Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien started a visit on Saturday to Yemen to be briefed on humanitarian situation. O’Brien met with Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi as they discussed ways to promote UN...Caption:
A woman makes bread inside her tent at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
U.N.: ‘7 Million Yemenis Closer to Famine’
Aden – Seven million Yemenis are closer than ever to starvation, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country warned on Tuesday, almost two years since a conflict escalated between the government and rebels. “Seven million Yemenis do not know where their...Caption:
Photo caption: Syrians evacuated from eastern Aleppo, get food aid from the Syrian Red Crescent inside a shelter in regime controlled Jibreen area in Aleppo. Omar Sanadiki/Reuters