Yemen food crisis

Yemen food crisis is man-made, partly as a war tactic: UN

The crisis in Yemen that has left millions hungry and on the brink of famine is "a man-made disaster" driven not only by decades of poverty and lack of investment but also by economic strangulation being used as a tactic of war, the UN development chief in the country says.

August 2, 2017
August 2, 2017

Yemen food crisis is man-made, partly as a war tactic: UN

The crisis in Yemen that has left millions hungry and on the brink of famine is "a man-made disaster" driven not only by decades of poverty and lack of investment but also by economic strangulation being used as a tactic of war, the UN development chief in the country says.