Factbox-Stampede highlights Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis

A forensic expert inspects the site of a stampede in Sanaa, Yemen, April 19, 2023. Houthi Media Office/Handout via Reuters

(Reuters) - A stampede in Yemen as hundreds gathered at a school to receive cash donations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan killed 78 people in a war-torn country where two thirds of the population rely on humanitarian aid.

Already the Arabian Peninsula's poorest state, Yemen is grappling with what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises during eight years of war that has divided the country and wrecked the economy and infrastructure.