8 million Yemenis have lost their jobs: UN

SANAA, Sept. 30 (YPA) – The United Nations has announced that 8 million Yemenis have lost their livelihoods because of the war in the country.

“In an effort to alleviate poverty, between 6 million to 100,000 working days were created for 264,000 Yemeni workers as part of the emergency response to the crisis in the country,” said the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sanaa on Twitter.

The program added that “as a result of losing livelihoods, there are 22.2 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance.”

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