article author: Ephrem Kossaify Tue, 2026-06-16 18: 41 NEW YORK: More than 18 million people in Yemen — over half the country’s population — are acutely hungry, the UN’s top humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday, describing a crisis that is deepening faster than the international community can respond. During a Security Council meeting on Yemen, Tom Fletcher warned that the share of people unable to meet basic food needs had jumped from half to nearly 60 percent in just one month. Main category: Middle East Tags: Yemen Special
Over half of Yemen’s population acutely hungry as UN warns crisis is accelerating
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