UN Declares Highest-level Humanitarian Emergency for Yemen

The United Nations has declared its highest-level humanitarian emergency for Yemen, where it says an ongoing conflict has put more than 80 percent of the country’s population in desperate need of aid. U.N. officials Wednesday said 13 million Yemenis barely have enough food and more than nine million have little or no access to clean water. Declaring a level-3 emergency for Yemen, humanitarian workers will try to reach nearly 12 million people who are determined to be most in...

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