Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall shortIn this photo taken on February 19, 2022, a doctor checks three-year-old Randa Ali, suffering from severe acute malnutrition, in a displacement camp in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah governorate. Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine, aid-starved Yemen -- already suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN -- is on the verge of total collapse. The UN voiced disappointment after Wednesday's conference raised less than a third of the target to help 17.3 million of Yemen's needy. "A shortfall in funding means the needs of people will not be met," Auke Lootsma, the UN Development Programme's resident representative to Yemen, told AFP. We hope this will change," Erin Hutchinson, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Yemen country director, told AFP.

Source: Bangkok Post March 20, 2022 02:19 UTC