Three in four families go hungry in parts of Yemen from new fighting
- On Friday, the World Food Programme reported that 74% of households in accessible government-held areas of Yemen cannot meet basic food needs, a record for this year amid escalating fighting.
- Escalating conflict between Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi group intensified when the Houthis seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast last month from forces based in Aden.
- Across Yemen, 18.3 million people face severe food insecurity, including 2.2 million acutely malnourished children, while the International Organization for Migration reports more than 149,000 people have been displaced.
- Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations Matthew Hollingworth warned that disruptions near the Houthi-controlled Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz could push up global food and fuel prices.
- To prevent gaps in assistance, the WFP requires $109 million in new Funding to reach up to 1.5 million people, having already diverted resources from planned November distributions.
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The fights between the Huthi militia and Saudi Arabia are escalating, and the World Food Programme warns that this could be especially true for the people of Yemen.
Three-quarters of families in some parts of Yemen are already food insecure due to renewed fighting that has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and made it difficult to feed millions, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
The UN's World Food Programme says that the renewed fighting in Yemen, which imports around 90% of the food it consumes, is aggravating the country's hunger crisis, leaving almost 75% of households able to meet their basic food needs.
Houthi attacks leave 75% of Yemeni families struggling for food, UN warns
LONDON: Renewed fighting in Yemen triggered by Houthi militant attacks has led to a surge in hunger, with three out of four families in government-held areas struggling to find enough food, the UN warned on Friday. The number could be even higher in territory controlled by the Iran-backed militia, but the World Food Programme was forced to withdraw from those areas earlier this year under pressure from the group. The Houthis, who control much of…
Today, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that hunger rates in Yemen were increasing rapidly as the number of people unable to meet their food needs reached a record level. Reuters quoted the Assistant Executive Director of WFP Operations Matthew Hollingworth as telling journalists in Geneva that a record number of people in areas controlled by the Yemeni Government, [...]
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