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Oxfam America President Calls For Immediate Peace In Yemen

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A Yemeni child stands next to the destroyed bus at the site of a Saudi-led coalition air strike, that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in the Huthi rebels' stronghold province of Saada on Aug. 10, 2018. (AFP/Getty Images)
A Yemeni child stands next to the destroyed bus at the site of a Saudi-led coalition air strike, that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in the Huthi rebels' stronghold province of Saada on Aug. 10, 2018. (AFP/Getty Images)

Yemen is in the midst of a bloody civil war that the U.N. says has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Abby Maxman (@abbymaxman), president and CEO of Oxfam America, who was recently in Yemen. She says a diplomatic solution is imperative before the situation there worsens.

This segment aired on August 13, 2018.

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