Experts Warns of Looming Famine in Government-Controlled Areas of Yemen By The Media Line Staff Hunger amongst children in areas controlled by Yemen’s internationally recognized government has skyrocketed over the last year, according to a new report published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC. In the report, the IPC, which is a […]
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The Media Line: Experts Warns of Looming Famine in Government-Controlled Areas of Yemen
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Experts Warns of Looming Famine in Government-Controlled Areas of Yemen
By The Media Line Staff
Hunger amongst children in areas controlled by Yemen’s internationally recognized government has skyrocketed over the last year, according to a new report published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC.
In the report, the IPC, which is a global partnership of United Nations agencies and other humanitarian organizations, warns that all 117 government-held districts are projected to experience “serious levels of acute malnutrition,” with the number of acutely malnourished children already 34% higher compared to the previous year.
The report highlighted four districts in particular: Mawza and Mocha in Taiz province and Hays and Khawkhah in Hodeida province. Between July and October, these districts are expected to suffer from famine-like conditions.
The civil war in Yemen erupted in 2014 after the government was ousted by the Houthis, an Iran-aligned rebel group based in Yemen that has since controlled the capital of Sana’a and much of the country’s northwest.
A Saudi-led military coalition supported by the United States intervened on behalf of the government in 2015 but failed to dislodge the Houthis.
Including civilians and combatants, more than 150,000 people have died in the conflict, and about half of the country’s population—about 18.2 million people—are in need of humanitarian aid, according to UN estimates.