A Yemeni official revealed Tuesday that the World Bank (WB) would finance two projects in Yemen during the second half of 2020 to confront the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and to battle locust swarms. Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Najib al-Auj told Asharq Al-Awsat that the World Bank approved $26.9 million to help limit the spread and mitigate risks associated with the coronavirus in Yemen. The project ...