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The United Nations has a new fundraising strategy: you

by Daniel Ackerman
May 10, 2023
The intergovernmental group’s crowdfunding campaign aims to avert a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
The United Nations logo. The organization hopes the public will provide part of the $129 million it needs to avert a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
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Aging oil tanker in Yemen raises concern about catastrophe in the Red Sea

by Daniel Ackerman
Jul 23, 2020
Observers worry that the ship — a "pawn" in Yemen’s civil war — could spill its oil and affect fisheries and drinking water.
A 2019 view of the Yemeni port of Hodeida, near where the FSO Safer is moored. Observers say the ship poses risk to the area.
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As conflict continues in Yemen, getting aid to civilians is a challenge

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 6, 2018
Relief International's country director tells us what it's like on the ground and how her organization is providing aid in a war zone.
A Yemeni child suffering from a diphtheria infection nibbles a piece of bread on a hospital bed in the capital Sana'a in October.
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