Famine in Yemen
The famine in Yemen in the spring of 2017 is threatening over 7 million[1] people; over 3.3 million children and pregnant or lactating women suffer from acute malnutrition.[2] Over 100,000 affected children are in Al Hudaydah Governorate with the city of Al Hudaydah worst affected area of the province.[3] According to the Norwegian Refugee Council the famine in Yemen will soon reach "biblical proportions".[4]
The famine is being compounded by an outbreak of cholera which is causing 5000 new cases daily.[5]
Background
The famine is the direct result of Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. Yemen was already the most impoverished nation in Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East; and Al Hudaydah, one of the poorest cities of Yemen but the war and the naval blockade[6][7] by the Saudi-led coalition and the United States Navy[8] made the situation even 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.[9][3] As a result a child is dying every 10 minutes in Yemen.[10]
See also
- 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak
- Airstrikes on hospitals in Yemen
- Water supply and sanitation in Yemen
References
- ↑ "Yemen on brink of famine, warns UN food relief agency chief, appealing for resources and access". UN News Center. 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Yemen conflict: A devastating toll for children". UNICEF.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ http://www.christianpost.com/news/famine-of-biblical-proportions-descending-upon-yemen-child-dying-every-10-minutes-182679/
- ↑ "Yemen faces world's worst cholera outbreak - UN". BBC. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ 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.