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Yemen is going through a catastrophic situation… And the reason?!

The United Nations warned Tuesday that Yemen was on the verge of “the world’s greatest famine.” He pointed out that 18 million people do not know where to believe their next meal.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Herve Veer Huzel warned at a press conference on Tuesday of the catastrophic situation in Yemen and the “biggest famine in the world” highway in the country.

Houzeul said 18 million Yemenis do not know where to provide their next meal, stressing that the intensification of clashes in the vicinity of the city of Hodeidah in western Yemen has negatively affected the overall economic situation of the country.

Since June past, 570 thousand Yemenis have left this city with a catastrophic living situation, which has doubled the price of major foodstuffs in Yemen for three times compared to last year, according to Huzole.

“Eight million Yemenis are on the verge of famine,” Huzole said, noting that 3.5 million Yemenis will suffer from severe food insecurity, as the situation in Yemen continues as it is now, with no access to humanitarian aid.

Instead of controlling them, epidemic diseases are worsening in Yemen, for various reasons, including lack of healthy water, lack of food, and acute shortages of medical supplies and medicines, prompting the Yemeni authorities to declare the province of Hodeidah a “stricken area”, for the spread of famine and insecurity Among the population in a number of areas.

Some 21 million Yemenis need help, 80 percent of the war-weary people

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