Yemen launches major polio vaccination campaign amid fears the disease could reappear in the war-ravaged nation where the health system is on the verge of collapse and aid agencies are warning of famine.
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen warns of a deepening food crisis in the country, which is reeling from a Saudi military aggression, saying almost a quarter of the country’s 27 million population are facing starvation.
The Yemeni army and popular forces fire ballistic missile, Zelzal-3, on Mustahdath camp in al-Mawsem in Jizan.
IOM donates two water tanks with a total capacity of 60,000 litres to Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen.
In Yemen, with war tearing the country apart for two years, some 462,000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF says.
Yemen’s Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf sends cable of condolences to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on death of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
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