‘Catastrophic hunger’: Charity urges truce extension in Yemen

Yemeni families receive flour rations and other basic food supplies from charities, as food prices have doubled since last year [File: Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP]

The international charity Oxfam has urged Yemen’s warring sides to extend a two-month truce, appealing to the parties to the conflict to work together to avoid “catastrophic hunger” in the war-wrecked country.

Oxfam said on Tuesday that the United Nations-brokered ceasefire is essential for millions of Yemenis suffering from a lack of basic services and soaring prices of food and other goods.