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Famine in Yemen - Wikipedia

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The famine in Yemen since spring 2017 is threatening over 17 million people; over 3.3 million children and pregnant or lactating women suffer from acute malnutrition. Over 100,000 affected children are in Al Hudaydah Governorate with the city of Al Hudaydah worst affected area of the province. According to the Norwegian ...

Famine in Yemen

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The famine in Yemen since spring 2017 is threatening over 17 million people;[1][2][3] over 3.3 million children and pregnant or lactating women suffer from acute malnutrition.[4] Over 100,000 affected children are in Al Hudaydah Governorate with the city of Al Hudaydah worst affected area of the province.[5] According to the Norwegian Refugee Council the famine in Yemen will soon reach "biblical proportions".[6]
The famine is being compounded by an outbreak of cholera which is causing 5000 new cases daily.[7]
After 5 November 2017, the famine in Yemen worsened because the Saudis tightened their sea, air, and land blockade.[2][8][9][10][11]
More than 50,000 children in Yemen are expected to die from starvation by the end of 2017.[12]

Background

The famine is the direct result of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and blockade.[13][14][15] Yemen was already the most impoverished nation in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, and Al Hudaydah one of the poorest cities of Yemen, but the war and the naval blockade[16][17] by the Saudi-led coalition and the United States Navy[18] made the situation worse. Fishing boats, the main livelihood of Al Hudaydah's residents, were destroyed by Saudi airstrikes, leaving them without any means to provide for their families.[19][5] As a result, a child is dying every 10 minutes in Yemen.[20]
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy accused the United States of complicity in Yemen's humanitarian crisis, saying: "Thousands and thousands inside Yemen today are dying. ... This horror is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children and to endorse a Saudi strategy inside Yemen that is deliberately using disease and starvation and the withdrawal of humanitarian support as a tactic."[21]

See also

References


  • "Yemen on brink of famine, warns UN food relief agency chief, appealing for resources and access". UN News Center. 13 March 2017.
    1. "Congress Votes to Say It Hasn’t Authorized War in Yemen, Yet War in Yemen Goes On". The Intercept. November 14, 2017.

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  • "PressTV-Saudi war on Yemen 'stupid': UN chief". Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "PressTV-'Millions face death in Yemen due to Saudi siege'". Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "Yemen conflict: A devastating toll for children". UNICEF.

  • Ahmed Al-Haj (16 September 2016). "Ravaged by conflict, Yemen's coast faces rising malnutrition". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

  • "Famine of 'Biblical Proportions' Descending Upon Yemen; Child Dying Every 10 Minutes". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "Yemen faces world's worst cholera outbreak - UN". BBC. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

  • "'Catastrophic' Saudi Blockade on Yemen Could Starve Millions". Time. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • CNN, Angela Dewan,. "Saudi blockade pushing Yemen to 'worst famine in decades'". Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "'Catastrophic' Yemen crisis grows as blockade cuts Red Cross and UN aid". 8 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "Famine survey warns of thousands dying daily in Yemen if ports stay closed". 21 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017 – via Reuters.

  • "More than 50,000 Yemeni children are now expected to die by the end of 2017". 15 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "Saudi de facto blockade starves Yemen of food and medicine". Reuters. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • "Yemen under de facto blockade". Reuters. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  • Kristof, Nicholas (31 August 2017). "The Photos the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Don't Want You to See". Retrieved 22 November 2017 – via www.NYTimes.com.

  • Felipe Bueno (6 February 2017). "Food Crisis in Conflict-Ridden Yemen Borders on Famine". The Diplomatic Envoy. South Orange, New Jersey: School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.

  • Julian Borger (4 June 2016). "Saudi-led naval blockade leaves 20m Yemenis facing humanitarian disaster". The Guardian.

  • Stephen Snyder (14 October 2016). "US involvement in the Yemen war just got deeper". The World. PRI.

  • Saeed Kamali Dehghan; Ahmad Algohbary (8 February 2017). "Yemen's food crisis: 'We die either from the bombing or the hunger'". The Guardian.

  • "UNICEF: One child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen". Al Jazeera. 12 December 2016.

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