UN: 7 Million Yemenis Face Starvation Due To Saudi Assault
MEP: Seven million Yemenis are closer than ever to starvation, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country warned on Tuesday, almost two years since Saudi Arabia launched its aggression on the war-torn country.
“Seven million Yemenis do not know where their next meal will come from and are ever closer to starvation,” one-third of the country’s 27 million population, Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country, said in a statement.
“Over 17 million people are currently unable to adequately feed themselves and are frequently forced to skip meals — women and girls eat the least and last,” he added.
The UN official further voiced concern about rising food prices, food shortages, disruptions to agricultural production, and lowering purchasing power.
More than 10,000 people have been killed and wounded since the beginning of Saudi-led coalition began in March 2015 in a bid to reinstall the country’s former government and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
On Monday, the UN International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that 462,000 children were suffering from acute malnutrition in Yemen.
