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Yemen: UN agencies appeal for urgent assistance to avert a catastrophe
10 February 2017, Sana'a--- As the food crisis in Yemen deteriorates, UN agencies are calling on the international community to help avert a catastrophe. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF – the conflict has left more than two-thirds of Yemenis struggling to feed themselves.
Salah El Hajj Hassan, FAO Representative in Yemen, elaborates more on the situation. (Interview conducted by Murielle Sarr)