Yemenis hold banners as they take part in a protest calling for the reopening of Sanaa airport to receive medical aid, in front of the U.N. offices in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. The only other country where anyone is in Phase 5 is South Sudan, with 25,000 people affected, he added. He said these people live in 152 of Yemen’s 333 districts, a sharp increase from 107 districts last year. Large numbers of people “have moved into a worse category of food insecurity” as a result of the war, Lowcock said. He said “there are millions and millions of people whose plight would be much, much worst but for the ongoing relief operation,” which is currently reaching 8 million Yemenis.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2018 22:23 UTC