UN: Yemen's warring parties agree to April 10 ceasefire

Yemen's warring parties have agreed to a nationwide cessation of hostilities starting next month in an attempt to end the year-old conflict that has killed more than 6,000 people - half that total civilians.

The ceasefire will take hold at midnight on April 10, the UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said on Wednesday. A new round of peace talks between the rival sides will take place in Kuwait beginning on April 18, Ould Cheikh Ahmed added.

The country is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the United Nations, with millions of people without enough food or access to adequate medical care.

There have already been several failed attempts to defuse the conflict in Yemen, which has drawn in regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran and triggered. A first round of talks was held in Switzerland in December...
 aljazeera.com
23/3/16
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