Yemen¡¯s future recovery hangs in balance, warns senior UN aid coordinator
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Ongoing conflict?and violence?across Yemen continue?to?impact heavily on the?country¡¯s people who?desperately need the fighting to end,?so that they can rebuild their lives, the??in the country said on Monday.?
¡°I¡¯ve seen the destruction of schools, of factories, of roads and bridges; I¡¯ve seen the destruction of power systems so what made Yemen work seven years ago in many cases no longer exists¡±,?said?David?Gressly,?UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.??
Speaking in Geneva?after a weekend that saw a?car bomb?at Aden airport reportedly?left?25 people?dead?and 110?injured,?the veteran aid worker?warned?about a recent escalation?of?fighting?in the oil-rich northern province of?Marib.??
Fighting cuts access?
¡°This is now adding to additional displacement in that area, a place where we already have over a million people displaced¡±,?he said.?¡°And secondly, we have enclaves where fighting is continuing where we¡¯re not able to provide support¡±.
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