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  4. UN: 8 million Yemenis could lose aid in March
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UN: 8 million Yemenis could lose aid in March

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 16 Feb 2022 22:47

Amid the escalation of war on Yemen, 8 million Yemenis are likely to lose all humanitarian aid in March, with the absence of urgent new funds.

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    UN officials reported that two-thirds of major UN aid programs were reduced or closed.

According to UN officials, 8 million Yemenis might lose all humanitarian aid in the coming month, while no urgent new funds are available to the Arab world's poorest war-torn nation, which has been under an aggressive war led by Saudi Arabia for over a decade.

The aggravated situation was reported by UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths who explained that the escalating war caused two-thirds of major UN aid programs to be reduced or closed.

Griffiths warned that "aid agencies are quickly running out of money, forcing them to slash life-saving programs."

He added that the UN World Food Program had decreased the rations of food in December for 8 million people and starting next month, "those 8 million people may get no food at all."

The #UN special envoy and the UN humanitarian chief painted a grim picture of the already harrowing situation in #Yemen, with nearly 2/3 of major UN aid programs having closed in January or being scaled back.#YemenUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/wpRYRoj191

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 16, 2022

It is worth noting that the UN might cancel most humanitarian flights in Yemen, according to Griffiths.

Read more: WFP: Famine in Yemen forcing families to eat tree leaves.

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