WFP: Famine in Yemen forcing families to eat tree leaves
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The World Food Program says that in some of the hardest-hit areas of Yemen, families are resorting to desperate measures such as eating leaves to survive.
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WFP: Yemeni families are eating leaves because of hunger.
The World Food Program (WFP) reported Sunday that families in Yemen are resorting to eating leaves to survive through the aggression-induced famine.
Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries & regions.
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"Families in some of the most affected areas in Yemen, such as the northwest Hajjah governorate, are resorting to desperate measures such as eating leaves to survive," the UN reports.
On December 22, the World Food Program announced that it would be forced to provide reduced food rations in Yemen, due to a lack of funding.
It revealed in a statement that "with the reduction of food aid as of this January, families will receive barely half of the minimum daily food ration."
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For nearly seven years, Yemen has witnessed aggression led by the Saudi coalition, with the participation of several Arab countries.
Earlier, Amnesty International said that the Saudi-led coalition used precision-guided missiles made in the US in its raids on Yemeni cities.
The war led the country to a $126 billion loss, in one of the worst humanitarian and economic crises in the world, as most of the population of 30 million depend on aid, according to the United Nations.
