United Nations expands its role in Southern Yemen

The United Nations is in the process of expanding its role in Southern Yemen amid a humanitarian crisis after a nearly two-and-half year war in the country.

United Nations humanitarian coordinator, Jamie Mcgoldrick, while on a visit to the capital Aden, met Yemen’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Obeid Bin Daghr to discuss the humanitarian situation and logistics in the war-torn Arab nation.

A Saudi-led military coalition was formed in March 2015 to support Yemen’s internationally recognised government in fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi armed group.

The conflict has killed more than 10,000 people and has injured more than 40,000 to date, according to the United Nations.