A UN envoy
held talks with Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Hadi on Monday as the
United Nations said the death toll from the war had reached 10,000.
The envoy,
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was in Aden for the meeting that focused on
a return to a ceasefire and to political talks to end the nearly
two-year war.
The talks
came as fighting in the southern Shabwa area on Monday reportedly
killed 34 people and wounded 16 others during clashes between Houthi
fighters and pro-government forces.
The United
Nations said the civilian death toll in fighting since a Saudi-led
force intervened in March 2015 had reached 10,000, up from the
previous figure of 7,000.
The higher
toll “underscores the need to resolve the situation in Yemen
without any further delay”, said UN spokesman Farhan Haq in New
York. “There is a huge humanitarian cost.”
Jamie
McGoldrick, humanitarian coordinator of the UN Development Programme,
said the latest death toll is based on lists of victims gathered by
hospitals and the true figure could be higher.
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