At the Fourth Donors' Conference for Yemen, organised by the United Nations, Sweden and Switzerland, on Tuesday 26 February in Geneva, the European Commission pledged €161.5 million in humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering of a population affected by the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The call for funds was for $4.2 billion, an amount required by all UN agencies to cover the needs of 19 million people in 2019.
"Four in five people are in need of assistance. With millions...