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Around 14 million people in Yemen, or half the total population of the country, are facing “pre-famine conditions,” said the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday. Mark Lowcock, who is also Emergency Read more
The people of crisis-torn Yemen urgently need humanitarian assistance and protection, especially in the north of the country where there is a threat of famine, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator warned Wednesday. Stephen O’Brien urged all parties to the Read more
The United Nations and humanitarian partners Wednesday launched an international appeal for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017, a UN press release says, noting that this is the largest-ever humanitarian response plan Read more