About 85,000 Yemeni children thought to have starved to death
UN envoy arrives in Sanaa to discuss peace talks, but fighting has been intense in Hodeidah as both sides try to strengthen their positions
An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, a humanitarian body said on Wednesday, as the UN special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks. Western countries are pressing for a ceasefire and renewed peace efforts to end the disastrous conflict, which has unleashed the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis with 8.4-million people believed to be on the verge of starvation. Save the Children said that according to a conservative estimate based on UN data, about 84,700 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition may have died between April 2015 and October 2018 in the impoverished country, where a Western-backed Arab alliance is battling the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement, which holds the capital, Sanaa. “We are horrified that some 85,000 children in Yemen may have died because of the consequences of extreme hunger since the war began. For every child killed by bombs a...
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