UN humanitarian office puts Yemen war dead at 233,000, mostly from ‘indirect causes’

1 December 2020
Peace and Security
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Almost a quarter of a million people have died in Yemen’s war, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on its website on Tuesday, confirming the huge toll from a conflict that has ravaged Yemen’s economy and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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UNHCR asks Ethiopia for urgent access to 96,000 Eritreans cut off without food

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