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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @03:19PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @03:19PM (#780626)

    While I get that you are making a point by exaggeration, it's worth noting that (in recent centuries?) there is a middle group between your hypothetical 1% and 99% who think for themselves but don't have big designs on controlling the rest. You might call it the middle class? My guess is that widespread literacy and public education are connected with this development as well?

    The general movement away from organized religion in some areas is also a good sign for our future.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @04:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @04:03PM (#780637)

    Negative. Look at each and every one of the career politicians in Washington D.C.

    Also, negative on the religion bullshit. We had an article recently that explains how the global warming nuts are merely changing religion. Members of the Church of Global Warming are just as religious as Muslims.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @07:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @07:06PM (#780671)

      OK, ignore the idiots inside the Beltway and instead look at the millions of small business owners across the USA (and in many other countries). Not all of them want to grow their companies to the point that they are monopolists. Many of them treat their employees or contractors very well, it's good for retaining a highly skilled and motivated staff.

      I own a tiny engineering consultancy and one associate is plenty, he makes about as much as I do. We are on the opposite side of the political spectrum but we both agree on doing the best job we can for our customers. That, combined with a little good luck, has been a recipe for being moderately successful.