A pledging conference to raise funds for Yemen is taking place in Geneva today, amidst what the UN describes as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”.

Before the conflict between the Saudi-led coalition, supporting Yemen’s government, and Houthi rebels began, Yemen was already the poorest country in the Middle East.

Now, after two years of civil war, the World Food Programme says the country is on the brink of famine.

The sheer scale of the deprivation is staggering because of Yemen’s 25.6 million people, almost 19 million are in urgent need of assistance, the UN says.

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