A humanitarian disaster in Yemen according to Unicef worsens
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(dpa) The country of civil war in Yemen, according to the United Nations Children's Fund Unicef sinks deeper and deeper into the humanitarian catastrophe. In the disputed port city of Hudaida, 5,000 more families have been fleeing fighting in the past two weeks, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore said Tuesday after returning from Yemen to Geneva.
Shops and bakeries are closed "Oil and fuel were almost non-existent, electricity almost everywhere and pipelines so damaged that water shortages worsen every day." [19659003] Two girls and their mother, who fled the province of Saada, were detained in a makeshift camp the capital Sana'a took refuge. Photo taken on July 3, 2018. (Photo: Khaled Abdullah / Reuters) “/>
People lived at close range in many parts of the country. "There is practically no social services left, the economy is ruined, prices are rising rapidly, hospitals are damaged, schools are sanctuaries or occupied by armed men," Fore said. children depend on help They needed food, medical care, schools, clean water and safe sewage.
She saw a baby from eight months in a Spitak in the capital, Sanaa, which weighed only one baby.In an incubator grown together, twins had gone to bed.They could survive only through separation, but such an operation It is not possible in Yemen.
In Yemen, the government has been fighting for three years against the Houthi rebels, who control Hudaida, among other things.A Saudi-led coalition is supporting the government by More than 10,000 people have already died in the fighting ts.
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