Nearly 80% of Yemeni children need humanitarian aid, says UN

Nearly 80% of Yemeni children need immediate humanitarian assistance amid the collapse of the country's health system in the face of the two-year-long civil war, three UN agencies have said.

Two million Yemeni children are malnourished, making them vulnerable to cholera, the heads of the World Health Organisation, Unicef and the World Food Programme said in a joint statement.