A worn-out list of registered names for aid by Relief International, part of the World Food Program, is posted in Aden, Yemen in this July 23, 2018 photo. Armed factions on all sides of Yemen conflict are diverting aid for their own purposes, worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis, an AP investigation found. The Associated Press reported Monday that armed factions on both sides of the conflict are stealing much-needed food aid, diverting it to their fighters or reselling it for profit. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the rebels’ Supreme Revolutionary Council, said “we were surprised” by the allegations from the World Food Program, which he said “did not communicate officially” with the rebels. “This criminal behavior must stop immediately.”The WFP said it obtained photographic evidence showing rebels seizing food and manipulating lists of aid recipients.

Source: Washington Post January 01, 2019 11:00 UTC