Due to a lack of funds, the World Food Programme has cut aid to Yemen and warned of an increase in hunger in the war-torn country. Last year, reduced humanitarian budgets forced the closure of many programmes, such as health services and food distribution. Following airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government, UN aid flights have been halted into Yemen's rebel-held capital of Sanaa. Saudi Arabia has largely halted flights into Sanaa airport since August 2016, but there have been exceptions for aid flights that are essential to the population. "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."

Source: The North Africa Journal December 22, 2021 09:54 UTC