{"id":4068,"date":"2017-04-13T06:22:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4068-millions-across-yemen-africa-could-be-at-risk-of-death-from-starvation-un-agency\/"},"modified":"2017-04-13T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T06:22:21","slug":"millions-across-yemen-africa-could-be-at-risk-of-death-from-starvation-un-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4068-millions-across-yemen-africa-could-be-at-risk-of-death-from-starvation-un-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions across Yemen, Africa could be at risk of death from starvation \u2013 UN agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and conflict, the United Nations Refugee Agency has called for international support to prevent the repeat of the 2011 tragedy in the Horn of Africa that claimed more than 260,000 lives.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and conflict, the United Nations Refugee Agency has called for international support to prevent the repeat of the 2011 tragedy in the Horn of Africa that claimed more than 260,000 lives.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cAn avoidable humanitarian crisis in the region, possibly worse than that of 2011, is fast becoming an inevitability,\u201d Adrian Edwards, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told journalists at the regular bi-weekly media briefing in Geneva.<\/h4>\n<h4>According to estimates, some 20 million people are living in areas hit hard by drought. 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