Cholera cases in Yemen top 200,000 in world’s worst outbreak
The number of cholera cases in Yemen has reached more than 200,000 and is increasing at the rate of 5,000 new cases a day, according to UN agencies. In a joint statement released late last week, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said that 1,300 people have already died in what is the world’s worst […]
More than 17 million hungry in Yemen in one of world’s “worst hunger crises”, says UN agency
More than 17 million people are hungry in the conflict-wracked African nation of Yemen with 20 of the country’s 22 governates in an “emergency” or “crisis” situation with regard to food security, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO, citing data from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released this week, […]