Yemen death toll to surpass 230,000 by end of 2019: UN report

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More Yemenis die from side-effects of war than from fighting, study finds


By James Reinl in New York
Published date: 26 April 2019 19:26 UTC | Last update: 1 week 1 day ago

By the end of 2019, fighting in Yemen will have claimed about 102,000 lives, according to new figures from the United Nations that indicate the war has killed far more people than previously reported.

A UN-commissioned report by University of Denver also revealed that more Yemenis were dying of hunger, disease and the lack of health clinics and other infrastructure than from fighting.

About 131,000 Yemenis will have died from these side effects of the conflict between the beginning in 2015 and the end of 2019, according to the 68-page study, called Assessing the Impact of War on Development in Yemen.

The combined death toll from fighting and disease is 233,000, or 0.8 percent of Yemen's 30 million-strong population.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-death-toll-surpass-230000-end-2019-un-report?fbclid=IwAR27mkZlbtPkGe7nX9S4-QxvbyxPYq0N686DODYB-vzB2Ce3Qd12SpBK5ZQ

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1. A lot of that blood

will be on Republicans' hands.