World Bank allocates extra £230m to help Yemen key services

Houthi supporters attend a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen’s war in Sanaa, Yemen (Abdulsalam Sharhan/AP)

The World Bank has approved an additional £230 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest and most vulnerably households in war-torn Yemen, as well as for helping the country fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Humanitarian efforts in Yemen were dealt a blow earlier this month when the United Nations raised only £1 billion — less than a third of what the organisation had targeted to help the Arab world’s poorest country.