UNICEF seeks 3.9 bln USD for 41 mln children in humanitarian crises

A child stands at a cemetery in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 31, 2019. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is seeking 3.9 billion U.S. dollars to help 41 million children in need of humanitarian aid in 59 countries, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. The more than 34 million children living through conflict and disaster alone includes 6.6 million children in Yemen, 5.5 million children in Syria and 4 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF said. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)