A new report from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network is cautioning that if the ongoing blockade of northern Yemen’s ports continue, it will lead to a rapid deterioration in food security, and quickly lead to killing thousands of people daily.
The report already puts 15 million people within Yemen, which is more than half of the country, is at “crisis” levels of food insecurity or worse. A separate Red Cross report warned 2.5 million people have no access to clean water at this point.
The lack of clean water has already caused a cholera epidemic believed to rank among the worst in human history, and is likely to get even worse. Thousands of people have already died from this epidemic.
While people have been dying from Saudi airstrikes, cholera, and medicine shortages already, the famine risks killing a large chunk of Yemen’s population, causing a once in a generation crisis.
Yemen imports over 90% of its food in peace time, and the Saudi-led blockade seems intended to take advantage of that fact, using mass starvation as a weapon of war.
What’s the point of reporting this anymore? We obviously don’t give a f**k how many people starve to death. We’ve become a country of Madeleine Albrights. Carry on Donald.
Live from Yemen broadcasts of starving children and adults during Thanksgiving feasting and festivities in the USA might change that. That’s why it will never happen.
SJWs demand “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” – boo-hoo – while millions starve in Yemen…
I see the point of reporting, if only to make sure that some of us don’t forget.
I only mentioned the reporting part out of despair. There was a segment on “60 minutes” that broadcasted the mass starvation. Of course the segment failed to mention the US role in this mass murder or how we could end it in a minute.
I read a report on that 60 minutes report, about the journalists getting jerked around by KSA officials. First removed from an aircraft, then denied access to a ship, they finally had to smuggle footage out of Yemen. A feeling of despair is understandable, particularly after Congress “expresses” concern about the sick and starving, but continues to supply KSA the wherewithal to continue their illegal war.