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June 26 (UPI) -- Millions of children in Yemen already suffering under five years of conflict risk being pushed to "the brink of starvation" amid the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations warned Friday as it appealed to the international community for more than $ 460 million. UNICEF said in a new report published Friday that the number of malnourished children under five years of age could increase by 20 percent to around 2.4 million, or half of all Yemeni children in this demographic, while an additional 30,000 children could develop life-threatening acute malnutrition in under half a year's time. Advertisement Another 6,600 children under five could die from preventable causes by the end of 2020, representing an increase of 28 percent, the report said. "Countless childhoods have been...

Dec. 10 (UPI) -- More than 150,000 Iraqi children are unprepared for freezing temperatures that are on the way, the United Nations children's agency said Monday. Efforts are underway to find hard-to-reach families and supply them with winter clothing. Many are members of the Yazidi ethic group, who are internally displaced after years of war and violence. "Winters in Iraq are harsh. It rains and snows and temperatures can fall below zero in the northern part of the country, where a majority of Yazidi and other displaced children live. It impossible to afford fuel for heating and winter clothing to keep their children warm," UNICEF said in the report Monday. "The devastating floods have made this winter even more difficult for displaced children who are extremely vulnerable to hypothermia ...

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UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children on ‘brink of starvation’

UNICEF concerned 150K Iraqi children unprepared for cold