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The New York Times: The photos the U.S. and Saudi Arabia don't want you to see

10-year-old Mustafa in the cholera isolation center at the Aljomhuri Hospital in Hajja, Yemen. Yemen is facing an acute and fast spreading cholera outbreak that threatens to worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis in the country. Credit: Abdulhakim Ansi/CARE
10-year-old Mustafa in the cholera isolation center at the Aljomhuri Hospital in Hajja, Yemen. Yemen is facing an acute and fast spreading cholera outbreak that threatens to worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis in the country. Credit: Abdulhakim Ansi/CARE

Michelle Nunn, CARE’s president and CEO, was quoted in a column by the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. “The situation in Yemen is a disgrace that brings shame to our global community,”  Nunn said. “More than 20 million Yemenis are in need of emergency assistance, and a child dies every five minutes. Yet few Americans know about the daily bloodshed, near-famine conditions and a raging cholera epidemic.”

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