Sana'a: Although the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up support to people in Yemen’s worst hunger hotspots, in efforts to prevent famine, sustaining response through the rest of the year is uncertain, the UN agency warned on Monday.
"The continued fragility in Yemen, compounded by the persistent driving factors of food insecurity has left Yemen acutely vulnerable to worsening levels of hunger – and famine conditions," said Laurent Bukera, WFP Country Director for Yemen.
"Escalating conflict, economic decline, rising global commodity prices and covid-19 have all contributed to an alarming increase in acute hunger over the last year," Bukera added,
Yemen continues to be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with many families displaced multiple times in six years of conflict between government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and the Ansar Allah movement, more commonly known as the Houthis.
Fighting is occurring against a backdrop of rising food prices, with costs up to 200 per cent above pre-war levels, and a deadly second wave of covid-19 infections.
According to WFP, nearly 50,000 people in Yemen are already living in famine-like conditions, and five million are in immediate danger.
Moreover, every 10 minutes a child dies from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, malnutrition and respiratory infections.
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