UN seeking to raise $3.85bn to avert widespread famine in country devastated by years of civil war

Yemenis and international aid organisations have urged the UK to reconsider reported cuts of up to 50% of its support for humanitarian efforts in the country’s devastating civil war.

The UN is hoping to raise $3.85bn (£2.76bn) from more than 100 governments and donors at a major virtual pledging conference on Monday to avert widespread famine in what is already being called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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