UN, NGOs decry humanitarian crisis in Yemen

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Al Jazeera
UN, NGOs decry humanitarian crisis in Yemen

As a Saudi Arabia–led military air campaign in Yemen entered its second week, international organizations and relief agencies expressed alarm over rising fatalities among civilians, many of them children, and an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis. “The attacks on hospitals and medical facilities by warring factions as well as the deliberate targeting and destruction of private homes, education facilities and basic infrastructure cannot be tolerated,” said an EU statement.

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The conflict is also taking its toll on access to food. Yemen is one of the most food insecure countries in the world, with over 40 percent of its inhabitants dependent on food aid, and more than 90 percent of its total food coming from imports.

Now, many food relief organizations and workers are reporting that the fighting is threatening those supplies. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told Reuters on Wednesday that existing stocks are at risk of not being replenished.