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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Can a UN Brokered Ceasefire in Yemen Lead to a Lasting Peace?
Description: Yemen remains the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. More than 17 million are food insecure with over 150,000 people experiencing famine like conditions. In late March the heads of all the main UN humanitarian agencies said Yemen was “teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe.” But after nearly eight years of war, the United Nations brokered a truce to coincide with Ramadan and last two months. So far, over two weeks in, this truce is holding. Can it lead to a broader peace agreement? On the line with me to explain how we got to this cease...