A view of the Yemeni flagged oil tanker Rudeef GNA, sinking in the waters off Yemen's second city and port of Aden. (Credit: AFP)
The United Nations said Thursday it had bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen.
"This would obviously be a major breakthrough," United Nations Development Program Achim Steiner told reporters at the UN headquarters.
The United Nations said Thursday it had bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen.
"This would obviously be a major breakthrough," United Nations Development Program Achim Steiner told reporters at the UN headquarters.
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