Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when The city is among the hardest-hit by soaring food prices, as well as diseases such as cholera, which only exacerbates malnutrition cases.“The situation was already terrible because of the war but made worse by the coronavirus, which has meant any work [people had] has now halted,” she tells Before the pandemic reached Yemen’s shores, more than 15 million people – over half the country’s total population – were already relying on humanitarian food aid to survive, according to the UN.The arrival of Covid-19, which shuttered businesses and disrupted supply lines, has only made that hunger crisis more acute. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts

Die humanitäre Krise im Bürgerkriegsland Jemen könnte sich nochmals verschärfen. Log in to update your newsletter preferencesThe whole family is going hungry, but became increasingly alarmed when Noha started suffering from diarrhoea that left her severely dehydrated and malnourished.34), which is a month’s salary that we haven’t had in years,” the mother continues.“We do not have enough money to feed any of the children properly.”A gynaecologist by trade, Muharram has for years been running a mobile nutrition clinic from the back of her car that tours the more remote areas of Hodeidah.Despite a critical lack of medicine and doctors, Hodeidah’s Thawra hospital is treating several critical cases, having long been the front line of Yemen’s five-year war. Jump to map. The joint report describes how Yemen is in the eye of a “perfect storm” of economic shocks, conflict, floods, a plague of desert locusts – and now the coronavirus.“We are witnessing a very alarming deterioration and we don’t see anything allowing us to stop this current decline,” Annabel Symington, a spokesperson for the UN’s World Food Programme, tells Yemen has been ravaged by a ruinous civil war since the Iran-backed Houthi rebels swept control of the north of the country in late 2014, ousting the president, In response, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies launched a bombing campaign in March 2015 to try to reinstate the internationally recognised government.Five years on, there is little hope of an end to the fighting. AFP via Getty Four months on, negotiations between the Government and Houthi rebels on a ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks are continuing, but compromises must be made before the window of opportunity slams shut, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths UN humanitarian affairs chief Mark Lowcock, echoing calls for an immediate ceasefire, “Without more funding, we should all expect large increases in hunger, malnutrition, cholera, The two officials delivered their grim messages as the 15-member Council debated the ongoing war in Yemen in only its second in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic, shut down UN Headquarters in New York in mid-March.Mr. The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. Please There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Interactive map of Yemen war - Yemen news live map- yemen.liveuamap.com.

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Any agreement is good news for Yemen's long-suffering people. She has rickets, limb spasms and convulsions due to calcium deficiency, according to Yemeni doctor Ashwaq Muharram, who is helping to treat her.“She looks like a starved baby – not a child,” Muharram tells Noha’s flesh is drawn tight across her skull. Independent Premium.

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According to the Yemen Data Project, more than 17,500 civilians were killed and injured since 2015, and a quarter of all civilians killed in air raids were women and children. Please History of Yemen conflict. Adding to the country’s multitude of woes, a second civil conflict has erupted within the anti-Houthi alliance between the southern separatists and the recognised Yemeni government. try again, the name must be unique There is a loss of agricultural yields across Yemen over the last five years”.The Yemen Data Project, which tracks airstrikes in the country, told Caught in the crossfire, farmers have had to abandon their plantations to drought, disease and destruction, says Yemeni journalist Mohammed al-Hakimi, who has done extensive research on the topic.“Palm plantations in places like Hodeidah are at risk of extinction as a result of drought and desertification, which is swallowing up areas.”The full impact of this on the local communities has yet to be properly quantified, but the destruction of crops such as date palms removes a source both of income and food at a time when families like Noha’s are already below the breadline.Back in the hospital, Noha’s mother has little hope for a brighter future.“We have no money, no way of getting money and most aid has already dried up,” she says, keeping watch over her little girl.

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