Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years' if war continues
Source: The Guardian
Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the UN has warned.
If war continues, famine could engulf the country in the next three months, with 12 to 13 million civilians at risk of starvation, according to Lise Grande, the agency’s humanitarian coordinator for Yemen.
She told the BBC: “I think many of us felt as we went into the 21st century that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in Ethiopia, that we saw in Bengal, that we saw in parts of the Soviet Union – that was just unacceptable.
“Many of us had the confidence that would never happen again and yet the reality is that in Yemen that is precisely what we are looking at.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/15/yemen-on-brink-worst-famine-100-years-un
BBC video here (contains some distressing images of victims): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-45857729/yemen-could-be-worst-famine-in-100-years
This is the main reason why arms dealing with Saudi Arabia should be stopped by all countries, though the murder of the journalist is another.
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