UN warns of a new starvation in Yemen

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Liz Grande, announced on Wednesday that Yemen is again on the verge of starvation due to lack of funding.

“Aid programs that include health care and food are already closed due to lack of funds and the economic situation is deteriorating dramatically,” Grande said, adding that “the World Food Program was providing aid to 13 million Yemenis and now has reduced its aid to 8.7 million people, some of them with half of the food ration.”