UN envoy Angelina Jolie in Yemen ahead of fundraising summit
UNHCR Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie arrives in Yemen, Sunday, March 6, 2022 on a visit to help draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the 7 year conflict on the people of Yemen. – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited war-wrecked Yemen to show solidarity with displaced families in hopes of mobilizing support for an incoming fundraising conference, the United Nations said.
The U.N. refugee agency said it hopes that Jolie’s visit would draw attention to growing humanitarian needs in Yemen, the Arab World's poorest country, ahead of the annual High Level Pledging Conference for Yemen on March 16. The conflict has since become a regional proxy war that has killed more than 150,000 people, including over 14.500 civilians, according to 2022 data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Project. It also created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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