the united nations has called the situation in Yemen, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Now cut in half the WFP-emergency assistance in certain areas.
the UN world Food programme (WFP) reports Thursday that the organization will halve the supplies of the emergency aid to the Houthi-controlled part of Yemen.
the Measure will enter into force in mid-april and due to lack of funding and concern on the Houthi rebels blocking humanitarian aid may reach.
the Cutting can have a huge impact in Yemen.
Here there are also fears that an outbreak of coronavirus can hit it borgerkrigshærgede country and its people hard.
the WFP’s operation in Yemen is facing a critical lack of funding and have no other choice than to reduce the relief by 50 percent to avoid a total stop for help in the future, says a spokesman.
Therefore, WFP will from mid-april to give relief to families every other month instead of every.
Wfp is to provide food on the table for 12 million people in Yemen every month.
80 percent of them live in Houthi-controlled areas.
A national ceasefire came into force as a response to coronakrisen Thursday, which has created hope for, that the civil war in the country can get a end.
the civil War began in 2014. It came to pass, when houthi rebels captured the capital Sanaa and a large part of the country’s northern areas.
The saudiskledede, sunni coalition, which has backing from the UNITED states, seized in march 2015 in Yemen to houthioprørerne, which has support from Iran.
the united nations has called the situation the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
the War has cost thousands of lives and led to a serious lack of food, clean water and medicine.
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