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"Over 21 million
people or 80 percent of the population are now estimated to be
in need of some form of humanitarian aid and or protection,"
U.N. spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing.
Stephen O'Brien, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs, launched the revised funding appeal, telling donors
that a "looming catastrophe" was in the making across Yemen with
families struggling to find food, he said.
(Reporting by Tom Miles, writing by Stephanie Nebehay)
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