Yemen food crisis leaves millions at risk of starving

As the food crisis grows worse for Yemenis, the UN World Food Programme fears the devastating toll that hunger could have on the war-torn country.

As the food crisis grows worse for Yemenis, the UN World Food Programme fears the devastating toll that hunger could have on the war-torn country.

“We need to scale up our life-saving assistance to reach more people with timely food assistance and preventive treatment. We appeal to the international community to support the people of Yemen,” Torben Due, programme’s director said.

The organization said it has provided food for more than threemillion people each month since February but is beginning to struggle.