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posted by martyb on Tuesday January 01 2019, @11:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the war-is-hell dept.

Yemen war: WFP accuses Houthi rebels of diverting food aid

The World Food Programme has demanded Yemen's rebel Houthi movement stops diverting desperately needed food aid from people in areas under its control. A survey by the UN agency said people in the capital Sanaa had not received rations to which they were entitled.

The WFP said lorries were illegally removing food from distribution areas, with rations sold on the open market or given to those not entitled to it. There was no response from the Houthis, but they have denied diverting aid.

The UN says some 20 million Yemenis are food insecure and that 10 million of them do not know how they will obtain their next meal.

[...] Earlier on Monday, the Associated Press reported that factions and militias on all sides of the conflict had blocked food aid from going to groups suspected of disloyalty, diverted it to combat units or sold it for profit.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @03:16PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @03:16PM (#780625)

    Let's not forget that the Houthis are the defacto government in Yemen, and the war is being driven by Saudi Arabia for religious and regional politics reasons, and the US is thus being led by the nose ring to support Saudi Arabia in the humanitarian disaster they've caused.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:13AM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:13AM (#780837) Journal

    the US is thus being led by the nose ring to support Saudi Arabia in the humanitarian disaster they've caused.

    You could be wagging the dog. Somebody may have hired the Saudis...

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:23AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:23AM (#780842)

      Are you thinking about the other country that has the US by the nose ring, that country that has made an alliance of convenience with the Saudis? I was too.

      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:59AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:59AM (#780856)

        The UK? That makes sense. Their interests in the region run much deeper than anybody else's. The U.S. is and always has been their muscle, in a Dukes of Hazard/Smokey and the Bandit kind of way (playing the part of the dumb sheriff).