Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Najib Al-Awaj said on Sunday that the Yemeni economy had lost about 50 billion dollars due to the war that broke out in early 2015. This came during his speech in a workshop in Aden, the interim capital, in the south of the country, to discuss the draft plan of priorities for reconstruction and economic recovery for 2019-2020. The workshop was attended by Head of the EU Delegation to Yemen, Antonia Calvo, representatives of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, the Emirates Red Crescent and other donor parties, according to the Yemeni government news agency Saba. Read: UAE takes over part of Yemen airport for military use According to the same source, … Continue reading Yemen minister: $50bn economy losses since beginning of war