Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF

The warning comes from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which said that more than 57,000 children have been displaced in just the past two weeks while others have been killed, injured or reported missing.“Children in Yemen were already living through one of the world’s most grave humanitarian crises, and many have known little but conflict and displacement,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.“For children who have already endured years of hunger, displacement and disrupted schooling, this latest violence is eroding what little stability they had left.” Children killed and injuredYemeni Government forces, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, and Iran-backed Houthi militia have been at war since 2014, but the country had experienced relative calm following a UN-backed truce in 2022. The new escalation has forced tens of thousands of families to flee their homes, triggering widespread displacement across several governorates, including Taiz, Hudaydah and Marib. Since 3 September, at least nine children have been reported killed and 12 injured while three others are missing following an attack on the road from Yemen’s western coast to A...