Yemen Close to Famine After Port Offensive, Aid Groups Warn
NOVANEWS
The war has caused the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis, with 22 million Yemenis dependent on aid.
A six-year-old boy is held by his mother at a malnutrition intensive care unit at a hospital in Hodaida, Yemen. Reuters.
By Middle East Monitor
Yemen is close to famine after a 25-percent increase in levels of severe hunger this year and an offensive on the main port city of Hodeida, a lifeline for millions, humanitarian organisations warned on Monday.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports, thousands more people have been displaced by the conflict and many are having to skip meals and beg on the streets, they said, with an estimated 8.4 million people already on the verge of starvation.
“We perceive the country to be sitting on a knife edge in terms of famine – ...