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Humanitarian groups warn about imminent famine in Yemen

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 6:11 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 24 July 2018 6:14 PM ]

Yemeni artists paint graffiti on a damaged building that was hit by a previous Saudi airstrike, during a campaign called 'Shrapnel' in the capital Sana’a on June 23, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

Mohammed al-Attab
Press TV, Hudaydah

International humanitarian organizations say Yemen is on the verge of famine, blaming Saudi Arabia’s recent offensive on the major port of Hudaydah for the disaster. The U0N World Food Program (WFP) says four in every ten Yemeni children under five are now acutely malnourished.

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