Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 17:31
Yemen's near-forgotten humanitarian crisis could sink its Arab Spring political transition, with a new constitution and elections expected by next year, a senior United Nations aid official warned Thursday.
"In Yemen today, stability is threatened by the drastic humanitarian situation," said Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN's Yemen aid coordinator.
He reeled off the stark data, saying that more than half of Yemen's 24 million people needed aid.
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