Yemen: Hunger crisis deepens as funding cuts leave millions without support

Key points

• Around five million people – or 47 per cent of the population – are currently experiencing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (Phase 3 and above).
• Tweet URL Meanwhile a further 1.4 million people are trapped in the “emergency” phase, with the number expected to grow as the year progresses.
• “Families are being pushed beyond their coping capacity by the combined effects of economic collapse, climate shocks, disrupted livelihoods and declining humanitarian support,” the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a joint statement.
• Hunger set to deepen The lean season from June to September is expected to push the number facing emergency conditions to 1.5 million.
• Looking further ahead, the post-harvest period from October to December 2026 is unlikely to bring meaningful recovery with number of people in Emergency conditions (IPC Phase 4) expected to further...