Punitive actions by each side against the other's banks over the past week now threaten to undermine merchants’ ability to import food and basic commodities and to disrupt the transfer of remittances from Yemenis abroad, on which many families depend, said Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy for the U.N. humanitarian coordination office known as OCHA.
Houthis, government's fight for control of Yemen's banks threatens to further wreck economy
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Conflict has been simmering for decades in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where Wosornu said more than 130 armed groups are fighting mainly for control of land and mines though some groups are trying to protect their communities.
An alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence wrack eastern Congo, U.N. official says
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