UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrives in conflict-ridden Yemen

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrives in conflict-ridden Yemen
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie shakes hands with a woman displaced by war during a visit to the southern province of Lahej, Yemen March 6, 2022. (Reuters)
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrives in conflict-ridden Yemen
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American actress Angelina Jolie visit’s aims to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the seven-year conflict on the people of Yemen. (UNHCR)
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrives in conflict-ridden Yemen
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American actress Angelina Jolie visit’s aims to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the seven-year conflict on the people of Yemen. (Twitter)
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie speaks to a girl at a camp for the internally displaced north of Yemen's southern city of Aden, on March 6, 2022. (AFP)
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American actress Angelina Jolie visit’s aims to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the seven-year conflict on the people of Yemen. (Twitter)
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie stands during a visit to a camp of people displaced by war, in the province of Lahij, Yemen March 6, 2022. (Reuters)
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Updated 07 March 2022
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrives in conflict-ridden Yemen

American actress Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), arrived in Aden, Yemen on Sunday for a visit to help draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the seven-year conflict on the people of Yemen.

“She will be visiting Yemeni families, including displaced families and refugees, to hear directly from them how the conflict has ripped their lives apart,” a statement from the UN agency said.