12 million of the 28 million Yemenis are just one step away from famine
Saudi Arabia, UAE pledge $500 million Yemen aid
Both countries announce multi-million-food aid programme for Yemen days after head of UN World Food Program visited war-torn country.
Tuesday 20/11/2018
12 million of the 28 million Yemenis are just one step away from famine
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which together lead a coalition of Arab states fighting against in Yemen against the Huthi movement that controls the capital, pledged a new $500 million food aid programme for Yemen on Tuesday.
The programme was announced by Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabi'ah, general supervisor of Saudi Arabia's King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Relief and Works, at a joint press conference in Riyadh with Reem al-Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation.
The announcement comes just days after David Beasley, head of the UN World Food Program, visited Yemen and told the UN Security Council that as many as 12 million of the 28 million Yemenis "are just one step away from famine."