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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UN food agency says 13 million Yemenis may face starvation

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The head of the U.N. food agency has warned that 13 million Yemenis are headed for starvation due to a protracted civil conflict and a lack of funding for humanitarian aid.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, David Beasley said that Yemen was “in a very bad situation” with more than 40 percent of the population already relying on food supplies from the World Food Program.

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