World News in Brief: healthcare crisis in Yemen’s Taiz and Afghanistan, Western Sahara mission's phased closure

All roads to the city are now closed due to the fighting, and no commercial supplies are getting through.

Nearly a quarter of a million people have lost access to essential healthcare due to lack of supplies, including more than 186,000 children under the age of five and 23,000 pregnant women, according to the UN’s aid coordination office ( OCHA ).

Twelve hospitals are at risk of closing, while the demand for healthcare is only rising due to the worsening living conditions.

In just a week, more than 1,400 cases of acute diarrhoea and suspected cholera – which mostly spreads through contaminated water – have been reported.

Displacement crisis

Across the country, the displacement crisis is also deepening.

Nearly 300,000 people have been forced from their homes since the beginning of August, while 5.2 million – out of a total of around 42 million people – were already displaced in the country…