Millions on brink of famine in Yemen as Saudi Arabia tightens blockade

Aid agencies cannot get vital shipments into the war-torn country, which is in the grip of the world's worst cholera outbreak Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and lifeless in a hospital in Yemen's western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one and a half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition. Seven million people are on on the brink of famine in war-torn Yemen, which was already in the grip of the world's worst cholera outbreak when coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia tightened its blockade on the country last week, stemming vital aid flows. Continue reading... Iona Craig in Aden, Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeidah #news #DDNews #TheNewz
 
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