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More than 17 Million People in Yemen Are Going Hungry, Including over 1 Million Children, UN Says
YEMEN, JUL 9 – The United Nations warns hunger could impact over 18 million Yemenis by September amid plummeting humanitarian aid and escalating conflict, with 1.2 million children at risk of severe malnutrition.
- Currently, over 17 million individuals across Yemen—including upwards of one million children under five years old—are experiencing severe hunger amid the ongoing civil conflict.
- This crisis stems from a conflict that began in 2014 when Houthi rebels seized the capital, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene and escalating regional instability.
- Recent developments include the Houthis targeting merchant ships in the Red Sea, alongside Israeli strikes on major Yemeni infrastructure, intensifying the conflict and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis while increasing the risk of further fragmentation.
- The United Nations has announced that only $222 million, or 9%, of its $2.5 billion aid request for Yemen this year has been funded, while officials warn that the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition could increase to 1.2 million early next year.
- UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg stresses that a military solution is a dangerous illusion and urges both sides to pursue negotiations and release detainees to prevent deepening Yemen's suffering.
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More than 17 million people in Yemen are going hungry, including over 1 million children, UN says
More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over one million children under the age of five who are suffering from “life-threatening acute malnutrition,” the U.N. humanitarian chief says.
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