Latest violence has exposed Yemen’s vulnerability – endemic poverty, poor governance, and dwindling resources.
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Mohamed Elmontassir Hussein is the International Rescue Committee's country director for Yemen. He has worked for the IRC as a humanitarian aid worker... since 2003, serving in Sudan, Iraq, Liberia, Kenya before his appointment in Yemen.
Latest violence has exposed Yemen’s vulnerability – endemic poverty, poor governance, and dwindling resources.