US EditionUN Food Agency Is Shutting Down Operations in Rebel-Held Northern Yemen, Officials Say
The World Food Program will lay off 365 staff after Houthi-imposed restrictions and funding shortfalls worsen humanitarian access in northern Yemen, where 70% of needs exist.
- On Thursday, the World Food Program announced it is shutting down operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, U.N. officials said.
- Houthi-Imposed restrictions forced the halt, as U.N. officials cited detentions, accusations of staff as 'spies', and forcible occupation of U.N. premises worsening the insecure environment.
- Funding shortfalls left WFP's 365 staff members in northern Yemen to lose their jobs by the end of March, according to UN officials, amid an insecure environment and limited funds.
- Humanitarian officials warn that more than 18 million people in Yemen could face acute food insecurity in the coming month, with tens of thousands at risk of catastrophic hunger and millions without essential care.
- The widening crackdown follows rebels escalating their recent months occupation of U.N. premises in Sanaa and elsewhere, while earlier this week the U.N. Security Council voted to end the Hodeida mission with 13 of 15 Council members citing Houthi obstructionism.
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Yemen: WFP stops operations definitively amid Houthi threats
The UN's World Food Program is dissolving contracts with staff in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen. It first suspended operations, after more than a decade of internal conflict, in August amid a Houthi crackdown.
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UN food agency is shutting down operations in rebel-held northern Yemen, officials say
The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions imposed by the Houthi rebels and harassment from the Iranian-backed group, U.N. officials said Thursday.
World Food Programme terminates all staff contracts in rebel-held Yemen, UN says
Published on 29/01/2026 – 19:23 GMT+1 The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions and harassment by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, UN officials said on Thursday. The World Food Programme’s (WFP) move is likely to worsen the dire humanitarian conditions in the impoverished country amid the Houthis’ crackdown on UN workers and aid groups in areas under their cont…
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