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Food supplies are starting to reach the Yemeni city of Taiz, which has been under siege from a civil war. Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, has been engulfed in conflict since last year.
McGoldrick says "food and other basic goods needed to survive are in short supply. Basic services are scarce, including access to water and fuel."
McGoldrick says regular humanitarian access is need to Taiz and other areas of Yemen. The country, which was impoverished before the war, is at risk of famine. The warring parties have spiraled Yemen into its worst disaster.
The UN warns that 10 of Yemen’s 22 governorates are facing emergency levels of hunger because of the war. These areas are near famine. Malnutrition rates are high, making children vulnerable to lasting physical and mental damage, or even death.
WFP says there are 7.6 million people in Yemen that need emergency food assistance. Ending the fighting would allow humanitarians to access besieged areas and begin to help people recover from the disaster.
Furthermore, WFP depends on voluntary donations. They cannot sustain relief missions in Yemen, Syria and other countries without financial support from the international community. Governments will have to step up their funding with hunger escalating rapidly because of war.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
