Widespread violence reported in Yemen's Aden City
Xinhua, May 1, 2015 Adjust font size:
The United Nations received reports of widespread violence in Yemen's Aden City, and houses were reportedly set on fire in Khormaksar District on Wednesday, Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, told reporters here Thursday.
"The (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) has also received reports that Al Jamourah hospital -- the main hospital in Aden and the referral facility for the entire southern region -- has been heavily damaged by today's fighting," Haq said at a daily news briefing.
"The water and sanitation company that provides water to Aden Governorate has reported that it is unable to operate, due to heavy shelling in Al Barzakh and Al Karae, where tanks supplying water to seven of Aden's eight districts are located," he said.
On Thursday, the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed to all parties in Yemen to allow the commercial sector and aid agencies to bring urgently needed fuel and food into the country, where a severe fuel shortage is threatening the delivery of lifesaving assistance to Yemenis hit by the conflict, he said.
In the last two weeks, WFP has reached 700,000 people with emergency food rations in seven governorates, Haq said. "But the fuel shortage threatens to bring the operation to a complete halt. " Endite