Yemen death toll to reach 377,000 by year's end, UN says
A new report from the the UN Development Programme estimates 1.3 million people will die if the war in Yemen continues through 2030.
The death toll from the civil war in Yemen is expected to hit 377,000 by the end of 2021, according to a new report from the United Nations.
Of those deaths, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) estimates nearly 60% will be caused by a lack of access to food, water, healthcare and other indirect causes.
An overwhelming majority of those deaths will be among young children. The UN estimates one Yemeni child under the age of five dies every nine minutes due to the conflict, with malnutrition being one of the leading causes of death.
Yemen has been embroiled in chaos since the Iran-backed Houthi group overran much of the country, including Sanaa, in 2014 and expelled the internationally recognized government led by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. A US-backed, Saudi-led military coalition intervened in the conflict in March 2015 to restore the Yemeni government, and the fighting has since created what the UN describes as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
