• About Us
  • Who Are We
  • Work With Us
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Globe Post
39 °f
New York
44 ° Fri
46 ° Sat
40 ° Sun
41 ° Mon
No Result
View All Result
The Globe Post
No Result
View All Result
Home Featured

UN Accuses Houthi Rebels of Diverting Humanitarian Aid in Starving Yemen

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
12/31/18
in Featured, World
Rising Yemen Currency Could Fight Off Famine

Millions of Yemeni civilians have been at risk of starvation, famine, and malnourishment because of the recent war that has engulfed the country. Photo: AFP

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday accused Houthi rebels of “criminal behavior” in diverting humanitarian aid in war-stricken Yemen and threatened to end cooperation with them.

A large part of the food aid meant to help residents in the capital Sanaa has not reached them, the Rome-based WFP said in a statement.

Instead, reports had established some of the food had been put on sale in Sanaa markets by a rebel-controlled organization which the WFP had entrusted to distribute the aid in the city.

The WFP said similar cases had been reported in other areas of the country controlled by the rebels.

“This conduct amounts to the stealing of food from the mouths of hungry people,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said in the statement.

“At a time when children are dying in Yemen because they haven’t enough food to eat, that is an outrage. This criminal behaviour must stop immediately,” Beasely said.

He also called on the Houthi authorities “to take immediate action to end the diversion of food assistance.”

“Unless this happens, we’ll have no option but to cease working with those who’ve been conspiring to deprive large numbers of vulnerable people of the food on which they depend,” he said.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-supported government agreed on a ceasefire which went into effect on December 18 but tensions remain high amid charges of bad faith by both sides.

Years of civil war have devastated Yemen, leaving perhaps 20 million people in need of food aid, according to the U.N.


Why This Matters

At least 85,000 Yemeni children have died due to extreme starvation as a result of the civil war in Yemen, according to a study released by Save the Children in November.

Save the Children, an international children’s rights organization, used data compiled by the United Nations to track mortality rates for children under five-years-old diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition.

Tamer Kirolos, the county director for Save the Children in Yemen, said “We are horrified that some 85,000 children in Yemen may have died because of extreme hunger since the war began. For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death and it’s entirely preventable.”


What’s Next

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned earlier this month that “much worse” lay in store for Yemen in 2019 unless its warring parties strike a peace deal and head off a humanitarian crisis.

A high number of Yemenis have been dying in “very dramatic circumstances” as a result of food shortages, Guterres told a news conference in Doha.

The United Nations brokered a ceasefire accord between the internationally-recognized government and Iran-aligned Huthi rebels to end hostilities in the flashpoint port city of Hodeida. The deal followed a week of negotiations in Sweden as the United Nations bids to end the war in impoverished Yemen.

“The fact that famine was not yet declared does not in any way diminish our huge concern with a very high level of hunger that exists in Yemen” and “people dying in very dramatic circumstances,” said Guterres. “Without peace, we will be facing in 2019 a much worse situation than today.”

The war in Yemen might be the worst humanitarian crisis in a century — since the president won't stop U.S. involvement, Congress has to act pic.twitter.com/wwZpmlL3Mf

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 16, 2018


More on the Subject

Under Houthi authority, forced disappearances, torture and executions have become a greater risk for Yemenis, who are already plighted by critical humanitarian conditions, with the rebel faction tightening its grip over its remaining territories in a bid to crush dissent and opposition to its rule.

Open-Air Prison: Houthi Violations Spike as Yemen War Intensifies

Share7Tweet
Staff Writer

Staff Writer

AFP with The Globe Post

Related Posts

A Yemeni flag waving
Art

US Returns 77 Stolen Antiquities Back to Yemen

by Staff Writer
February 22, 2023
People cool off with a fountain's water during a heat wave in Seville, Spain
Environment

UN Confirms 2022 Among Eight Hottest Years on Record

by Staff Writer
January 13, 2023
Sudan clashes
World

Death Toll in Sudan’s Ethnic Clashes Rises to 13: UN

by Staff Writer
October 17, 2022
Taliban fighters
Featured

UN Expert Decries ‘Systematic’ Attacks on Afghan Shiites

by Staff Writer
September 12, 2022
Antonio Guterres
World

UN Chief Warns Humanity ‘One Miscalculation Away From Nuclear Annihilation’

by Staff Writer
August 1, 2022
refugees
World

More Than 100 Million People Forcibly Displaced, UN Says

by Staff Writer
May 23, 2022
Next Post
Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator Warren Takes Major Step Towards 2020 White House Bid

Paris On Knife-Edge Ahead of New ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

French Police Bracing for 'Yellow Vest' Demonstrations on New Year's Eve

Recommended

Damage from a series of powerful storms and at least one tornado is seen on March 25, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi

After Tornado Kills 25, Mississippi Faces More Extreme Weather

March 26, 2023
Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment centre

Tennessee Is A Drag on the First Amendment

March 26, 2023
participants of an artificial intelligence conference

How AI Could Upend the World Even More Than Electricity or the Internet

March 19, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Path to Economic Dominance

March 15, 2023
Heavily armed police inspect the area near a Jehovah's Witness church where several people have been killed in a shooting in Hamburg, northern Germany

Eight Dead in Shooting at Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Germany

March 10, 2023
Myanmar Rohingya refugees look on in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, on November 26, 2016

US Announces $26M in New Aid for Rohingya

March 8, 2023

Opinion

Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment centre

Tennessee Is A Drag on the First Amendment

March 26, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Path to Economic Dominance

March 15, 2023
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, a Turkish province where hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the earthquake

Heed the Call of Our Broken World

March 1, 2023
Top view of the US House of Representatives

‘Cringy Awards:’ Who Is the Most Embarrassing US House Representative?

February 13, 2023
Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, outside of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan, on January 27, 2023

How Do Violent ‘Monsters’ Take Root?

February 3, 2023
George Santos from the 3rd Congressional district of New York

George Santos for Speaker!

January 16, 2023
Facebook Twitter

Newsletter

Do you like our reporting?
SUBSCRIBE

About Us

The Globe Post

The Globe Post is part of Globe Post Media, a U.S. digital news organization that is publishing the world's best targeted news sites.

submit oped

© 2018 The Globe Post

No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
  • Democracy at Risk
    • Media Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Book Reviews
    • Stage
  • Submit Op-ed

© 2018 The Globe Post