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| Yemen war: 5,000 children dead or hurt and 400,000 malnourished, UN says | Yemen war: 5,000 children dead or hurt and 400,000 malnourished, UN says |
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| Unicef says five children a day have been killed or injured since March 2015, with ‘nearly every child in Yemen’ in need of humanitarian aid | Unicef says five children a day have been killed or injured since March 2015, with ‘nearly every child in Yemen’ in need of humanitarian aid |
| AFP in Sana'a | AFP in Sana'a |
| Tue 16 Jan 2018 22.01 GMT | Tue 16 Jan 2018 22.01 GMT |
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| The war in Yemen has killed or injured more than 5,000 children and left another 400,000 severely malnourished and fighting for their lives, according to the UN children’s agency. | The war in Yemen has killed or injured more than 5,000 children and left another 400,000 severely malnourished and fighting for their lives, according to the UN children’s agency. |
| In a report unveiled on Tuesday, Unicef said nearly 2 million Yemeni children were out of school, a quarter of them since the conflict escalated when a Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015. | In a report unveiled on Tuesday, Unicef said nearly 2 million Yemeni children were out of school, a quarter of them since the conflict escalated when a Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015. |
| More than 3 million children were born into the war, it said, adding they had been “scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services”. | More than 3 million children were born into the war, it said, adding they had been “scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services”. |
| Unicef said the more than 5,000 children killed or injured in the violence amounted to “an average of five children every day since March 2015”. | Unicef said the more than 5,000 children killed or injured in the violence amounted to “an average of five children every day since March 2015”. |
| “An entire generation of children in Yemen is growing up knowing nothing but violence,” said Meritxell Relano, Unicef representative in Yemen. | “An entire generation of children in Yemen is growing up knowing nothing but violence,” said Meritxell Relano, Unicef representative in Yemen. |
| “Children in Yemen are suffering the devastating consequences of a war that is not of their making,” he said in a statement. | “Children in Yemen are suffering the devastating consequences of a war that is not of their making,” he said in a statement. |
| “Malnutrition and disease are rampant as basic services collapse,” he said, adding: “Those who survive are likely to carry the physical and psychological scars of conflict for the rest of their lives.” | “Malnutrition and disease are rampant as basic services collapse,” he said, adding: “Those who survive are likely to carry the physical and psychological scars of conflict for the rest of their lives.” |
| The UN agency said more than 11 million children – or “nearly every child in Yemen” – were in need of humanitarian assistance. | The UN agency said more than 11 million children – or “nearly every child in Yemen” – were in need of humanitarian assistance. |
| It called for an end to the bloodshed and the protection of children, as well as sustainable and unconditional access to deliver assistance to every child in need. | It called for an end to the bloodshed and the protection of children, as well as sustainable and unconditional access to deliver assistance to every child in need. |
| Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Tuesday that it faced economic difficulties and called on its allies, including Saudi Arabia, to help overcome them. | Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Tuesday that it faced economic difficulties and called on its allies, including Saudi Arabia, to help overcome them. |
| In a post on Facebook, the prime minister, Ahmed bin Dagher, shared a letter to allies that called on them to help the country financially in order to “save Yemenis from famine”. | In a post on Facebook, the prime minister, Ahmed bin Dagher, shared a letter to allies that called on them to help the country financially in order to “save Yemenis from famine”. |
| Dagher urged the allies to transfer cash to the central bank in Aden, his government’s de facto capital after Iran-backed Houthi rebels ousted it from Sana’a. | |
| The war has killed 9,245 people since Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies joined the government’s fight against the Houthis, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). | |
| It triggered what the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. | It triggered what the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. |
| More than 2,200 people have died as a result of a cholera epidemic that has hit the country since April, according to the WHO. | More than 2,200 people have died as a result of a cholera epidemic that has hit the country since April, according to the WHO. |
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