UN slashes food aid to Yemen amid funding crunch
Starting in January, eight million Yemenis will receive a reduced food ration from the UN's World Food Program.
As a hunger catastrophe looms in Yemen, the United Nations said Wednesday that it will cut food assistance to the war-torn country next month due to a severe funding shortfall.
Beginning in January, the World Food Program will provide a reduced food ration to eight million people in Yemen. The five million additional Yemenis considered at immediate risk of slipping into famine condition will continue to receive their full assistance.
"WFP food stocks in Yemen are running dangerously low at a time when budgets for humanitarian crises around the world are stretched to the limit,” said Corinne Fleischer, WFP regional director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Without fresh funding, the UN agency warned that Yemenis could be cut off from food assistance entirely, and malnutrition treatment and school feeding for children could be reduced.
