Associated Press: U.N. official says war in Yemen knocked country back 20 years
“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. … 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…” (Van Ruymbeke, 7/30).