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June 8, 2011

UNICEF Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen 
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The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, is warning the ongoing
crisis in Yemen is fostering a humanitarian catastrophe. Already one of
the poorest nations on the planet, Yemeni residents are now struggling
with widespread water and fuel shortages. Half of Yemeni children suffer
from stunted growth, the highest rate in the world. Some 15,000 people
have already uprooted by the nation’s violence but the United Nations
fears that number could rise to as much as 40,000. The majority of the
displaced are women and children.



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