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Yemen facing catastrophe if overlooked, UN warns

Yemen must not become a forgotten crisis behind Ukraine, organisers of Wednesday's UN pledging conference said, warning of catastrophic hunger if donations were not forthcoming. 

Yemen must not become a forgotten crisis behind Ukraine, organizers of a UN pledging conference said yesterday, warning of catastrophic hunger if donations were not forthcoming. The UN considers Yemen as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, but the money preventing the situation from getting worse is now running out, they said. “Today we are meeting to plug a huge gap in funding for the life-saving response,” UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told reporters. “The war is in its seventh year and counting. The economy ...

Conference raises only a third of the money needed for Yemen, as United Nations warns of famine.

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