UN raises $1.3B for Yemen in appeal shadowed by Ukraine war

BY SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations’ humanitarian chief says a fundraising drive for Yemen is “a disappointment.” The U.N. had set out to raise $4.27 billion, but ended up on Wednesday with less than a third of that for the world’s worst humanitarian disaster and the Arab world’s poorest country. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says 161,000 people are likely to experience famine in Yemen in 2022. The conference comes as world attention is focused on the war in Ukraine, raising concerns that that Yemen’s plight may be forgotten.