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Yemen war fuels humanitarian crisis

11 November 2016
Houthis do a traditional dance at a tribal meeting to gather money and bullets in Sana'a. (EPA/ Asmaa Waguih)

Civil war in Yemen has forced more than 3 million people from their homes and left millions more in need of food and other humanitarian aid.

With the recent failure of UN-backed peace talks, the situation is unlikely to ease.

On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at the crisis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia's controversial airstrikes in the country that have worsened the plight of its desperate people.

  Joining the program:

    • Sama'a Al-Hamdani, writer for the news site Yemeniaty
    • Akshaya Kumar, deputy director of the UN program at Human Rights Watch
    • Laura Kasinof, freelance writer and former Yemen correspondent for the New York Times and other news outlets
    • Nabeel Khoury, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council

Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism.
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