Reconstruction of war-torn Yemen could cost $15 billion, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, citing a multilateral institution. “The World Bank estimates… $15 billion,”
Abdulraqeb Saif Fateh, Yemen’s minister of local administration, told
AFP on the sidelines of a workshop on Yemen’s post-war recovery. He gave
no details of what exactly the figure would cover but the war has left
Yemenis suffering from shortages of food, water, sanitation and
healthcare. Fateh, who is also chairman of Yemen’s High Relief
Committee, spoke near the close of a two-day workshop on “post-conflict
recovery and reconstruction” in Yemen. The workshop was attended by
international donors and organized by Yemen’s government and the Gulf
Cooperation Council. (AFP)