The United Nations (UN) food agency have supplied emergency food and vouchers for more than 9.5 million people living in Yemen in December, near to its 10 million monthly targets, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Due to nearly four-year-long war in Yemen, the economic has collapse which left 15.9 million people, around 53 percent of the population, facing “severe acute food insecurity” in the region, and famine looms if actions not taken immediately, according to the last month survey.
According to Reuters news reports, World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson Herve Verhoosel told a Geneva news briefing: “We were at a bit less than 10 million because the actual situation slowed down a bit the distribution in some areas. The security is not as good as expected in some areas.”
Further adding: “Some of our trucks were also stopped for longer than usual in some security checkpoints.”
The WFP, which has reached out to 7-8 million Yemenis in November month, are not trying to reach as many as 12 million Yemenis at the risk of starvation. It said some of the food aid for Yemenis were stolen in December and sold into some areas controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi militia.
In January, the WFP managed to deliver food aid to more than 10,000 families in Yemen’s two hard0hit areas – Duraihmi and Tahita, Verhoosel said. He said, “The truce is inconsistent, there are still some sporadic problems in and around Hodeidah.”