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The United Nations humanitarian office says it needs $1.8 billion dollars to provide critical and life-saving assistance to 13.6 million people who have been affected by the escalating conflict in Yemen.
Four out of five Yemenis need of humanitarian assistance, and increased attacks on essential civilian and economic infrastructure have deprived millions of families of their livelihoods, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva said Thursday as it launched its appeal.
In January, the U.N. group delivered food rations for 2.6 million people and water deliveries to over 234,000 people.
It said donors gave $892 million in 2015, barely half of the $1.6 billion requested.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 8,300 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Yemen has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The UN says famine looms as over half the population, or 14.4 million people, face hunger and not even its hospitals are spared.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
