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The World Bank will provide $450 million in aid to help Yemen cope with a humanitarian crisis after nearly two years of war, the bank announced on Tuesday.
The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and many foreign embassies suspended their work in Yemen in early 2015 after a war erupted in the capital Sana’a.
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched a military campaign in March of that year to back the ex-regime of fugitive Yemeni president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The alliance imposed a near-blockade on Yemen's ports as the conflict pounded already scant infrastructure, leaving four-fifths of Yemen's 28 million people in need of some form of aid.
In a statement, the World Bank said the funds would go to health and nutrition projects throughout the divided country, mostly through two Yemeni development projects based in Sana’a.
"It is vital that children do not miss out on critical vaccinations and nutrition, and that communities across Yemen have the income support and access to services to meet their basic needs," said Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank's group vice president for the Middle East and North Africa.
The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year conflict has reached 10,000, with 40,000 others wounded.
However, modest estimates put the total number to about 11,403 people killed and over 19,343 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
