Yemen: ICRC president visits country, decries `needless suffering`
(WorldNews Switzerland)

(Sana`a/Geneva) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Yemen today as the country`s unprecedented cholera outbreak ravages an alarming - and growing - percentage of the population. ICRC experts expect the current number of suspected cholera cases to at least double by the end of 2017 to over 600,000 - or one in every 45 Yemenis. The ICRC president will visit Aden, Taiz and Sana`a during his 5-day trip to the country, and will meet...