The number of people facing “catastrophic” levels of hunger in Yemen is projected to increase fivefold from 31,000 currently to 161,000 by June 2022, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported.
fivefold from 31,000 currently to 161,000 by June 2022, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported on Monday.at 29.8 million in 2020. As of March 2022, 17.4 million people in Yemen were classified as in need of food assistance, a figure equal to 58 percent of the country’s population. The number of people in Yemen reliant on foreign food aid is expected to increase to 19 million, or 63.7 percent of the population, from June to December 2022.
UNICEF on March 14 noted Yemen’s ongoing political conflict “remains the primary underlying driver of hunger in Yemen.” Yemen relies almost completely on imports to sustain its fragile food supply. Ukrainian wheat, for example, accounts for 30 percent of Yemen’s wheat imports annually. Market disruptions caused by Ukraine’s latest war with Russia, whichon February 24, have threatened to cut off Yemen from its usual grain shipments from Ukraine.
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