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  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 30 Jan 2022 16:37
2 Min Read

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
    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.

Conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability & limited humanitarian access are putting millions of lives at risk, the UN warns. https://t.co/Nt4qPMfNgW

— United Nations (@UN) January 27, 2022

"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.

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For nearly seven years, Yemen has witnessed aggression led by the Saudi coalition, with the participation of several Arab countries.

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