UN Launches Massive Appeal to Save Yemen's People

A United Nations pledging conference for Yemen is seeking record amounts of money to provide life-saving aid for some 19 million of the most destitute people struggling to survive nearly four years of civil war.  The U.N. is hoping for a good response to the four-point-two billion-dollar appeal it issued for Yemen in December. The U.N. reports 80 percent of Yemen’s population, or 24 million people, need humanitarian aid and protection. It warns famine is stalking nearly 10 million...

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