WFP Suspends Food Delivery, worsening Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe

Since the World Food Programme stopped food supplies and ceased their distribution in Houthi-held regions in April, the humanitarian situation in Yemen’s displacement camps has gotten worse. In the most recent conflict between the Houthis and the UN, it made the decision after the rebels stole one of its warehouses in the north, costing the organisation over $2 million in aid.

Numerous UN employees, as well as members of civil society, relief organisations, and the US Embassy in Sanaa, which was previously open, have been arrested by the rebels in recent months.

In February, when seven WFP employees and another UN worker were arrested, one of whom died in custody, UN agencies had already suspended operations in the Houthi stronghold of Saada.

The halt was a further setback to the war-torn nation, where famine has been increasing, even as it carried on with low-level operations in other Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The World Food Program reported in February that 62% of the homes it surveyed were unable to obtain adequate food, a number that had been increasing over the previous nine months.

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