Ten million Yemenis do not know how they will obtain their next meal. AFP
AFP: Yemen rebels slam WFP for 'rotten' food aid
Yemen's Huthi rebels on Tuesday rejected UN accusations of selling aid meant for civilians, slamming the World Food Programme (WFP) for sending "rotten food" to the war-torn country.
The WFP, which plans to provide food to up to 12 million Yemenis a month in 2019, on Monday accused Huthi rebels of "criminal behaviour" and of selling food aid in markets in the rebel-held capital Sanaa.
Mohammed al-Huthi, who heads the rebels' Higher Revolutionary Committee, hit back saying the WFP was "fully responsible for... quantities of rotten food" it sent to Yemen.
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WNU Editor: Yemen government forces have been implicated in stealing food aid, but the situation is even worse in rebel held regions. From the AP ....
.... In the stronghold of Saada, for example, the U.N. has sometimes sent enough food to feed twice its population, yet 65 percent of residents are facing severe food shortages, including at least 7,000 people in a state of famine. Yemen has received more than $4 billion in food, shelter, medical and other aid, but more than half of the population is not getting enough to eat. Of Yemen’s 29 million people, 10.8 million are in an “emergency” phase of food insecurity, 5 million are in a deeper “crisis” phase, and 63,500 are facing “catastrophe,” a synonym for famine, AP says.
More News On The Food Crisis In Yemen
UN threatens to slash Yemen food aid over theft by rebels -- AP
UN threatens to suspend aid to Yemen amid theft by Houthi rebels -- The Telegraph
Food supplies to Yemeni families blocked by militias, investigation reveals -- The Independent
WFP says Houthi rebels are stealing ‘from the mouths of hungry people’ -- The National
‘Stealing’ food from hungry Yemenis ‘must stop immediately’, says UN agency -- UN News
