He called war-wracked Yemen “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world,” with two thirds of the population, or 18.8m people – three million more than in January – in need of assistance and more than seven million with no regular access to food. Arbitrarily denying’ accessDuring recent meetings, O’Brien said senior leaders in both parties agreed to provide continuous humanitarian access and respect international humanitarian law. He noted that 4.9m people received food assistance last month alone. Politics behind ‘man-made famine’During his visit last week to South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, O’Brien said he found a situation that is “worse than it has ever been.”“The famine in South Sudan is man-made,” he added. And some 3.4m people are displaced, including nearly 200,000 who have fled South Sudan since January alone.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 11, 2017 21:11 UTC