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Austria Pledges $7.8Mln in Relief Aid to Yemen, Eastern Africa

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Austria pledged 8 million euros ($7.8 million) in humanitarian assistance to Yemen, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda on Wednesday to help... 19.10.2022, Sputnik International

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The Austrian Foreign Ministry said 4 million would be allocated to the Red Cross charity in Yemen, with the rest divided between Austrian nonprofits and UN aid agencies operating in eastern Africa.Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said the region had been caught in an "unending downward spiral" and blamed Russia for exacerbating hunger in eastern Africa and Yemen. Russia accuses the West of blocking its exports of grain and fertilizers.

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13:54 GMT 19.10.2022 (Updated: 12:43 GMT 14.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / NABIL HASANA view shows a street in Yemen's southern coastal city of Aden on May 17, 2020, amid fears that coronavirus is spreading unhindered in the Yemeni city. - Deaths in Aden have surged to five or even seven times higher than normal, an NGO and medics say. Six years of war against the Huthis -- and a widening fault-line among forces opposed to that rebel outfit -- have left authorities ill-equipped to control the spread of the virus.

A view shows a street in Yemen's southern coastal city of Aden on May 17, 2020, amid fears that coronavirus is spreading unhindered in the Yemeni city. - Deaths in Aden have surged to five or even seven times higher than normal, an NGO and medics say. Six years of war against the Huthis -- and a widening fault-line among forces opposed to that rebel outfit -- have left authorities ill-equipped to control the spread of the virus. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.10.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Austria pledged 8 million euros ($7.8 million) in humanitarian assistance to Yemen, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda on Wednesday to help them deal with hunger and natural disasters.

The Austrian Foreign Ministry said 4 million would be allocated to the Red Cross charity in Yemen, with the rest divided between Austrian nonprofits and UN aid agencies operating in eastern Africa.

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said the region had been caught in an "unending downward spiral" and blamed Russia for exacerbating hunger in eastern Africa and Yemen.

Russia accuses the West of blocking its exports of grain and fertilizers.