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Crisis-stricken Yemen on the brink

Poverty and lawlessness in Yemen, where nearly 500,000 people have been displaced by fighting, are pacing a food crisis that aid agencies warn could reach "catastrophic proportions" if donors do not do more to meet an appeal by the United Nations for humanitarian assistance. Only 43% of that funding goal has been secured. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday pledged $3.25 billion in aid but did not detail how the money would be used. The Guardian (London) (5/22), AlertNet/Reuters (5/23) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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