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UN Official Says War in Yemen Knocked Country Back 20 Years

Associated Press

   AMMAN, JORDAN - A top U.N. official warned Monday that Yemen's
   devastating five-year civil war has knocked the country back 20 years
   in terms of development and access to education.

   Yemen was already the Arab world's poorest nation before the war, which
   has killed tens of thousands of people. In 2014, rebels known as
   Houthis took over the capital, Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military
   intervention. The stalemated conflict has claimed tens of thousands of
   lives, thrust millions to the brink of famine and spawned the world's
   most devastating humanitarian crisis.
   "Much of the Yemeni economy has collapsed. People literally do not have
   any money to buy food," Achim Steiner, U.N. Development Program
   administrator, told The Associated Press.
   

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