Thursday, August 20, 2015

UN Warns of Impending Famine in Yemen as No Way in For Food Aid


 
The World Food programme is sounding the alarm on an impending humanitarian disaster in Yemen.

Its Executive Director says the risk of famine has been heightened by the destruction of port facilities in Aden, meaning any aid that does arrive cannot be unloaded before people start to die.

Thirteen million Yemenis are now in a state of food insecurity says the UN, and six million of these, one in five of the population, are on the verge of starvation and in immediate need. But ports are blocked, runways pitted, and most roads are dangerous.

Full article available here: UN Warns of Impending Famine

Source: Euronews

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