UNICEF chief condemns Yemen 'carnage', with 2,200 children killed

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AFP Geneva
Last Updated : Jul 03 2018 | 5:45 PM IST

The UN slammed today the devastating impact of Yemen's three-year conflict on children, with some 2,200 minors killed, and many more going hungry, forced to fight or dying from preventable diseases.

"The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a country already on the brink deep into the abyss," warned Henrietta Fore, the executive director of the UN children's agency.

Fore, who has just returned from a visit to the war-ravaged country, said in a statement she had seen "what three years of intense war after decades of underdevelopment and chronic global indifference can do to children."

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First Published: Jul 03 2018 | 5:45 PM IST