Middle East

Photo: Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security. [Victor Besa / The National]

Stronger regional ties could ensure food security, says minister

by Anam Rizvi The National UAE July 2, 2018

Stronger regional ties in agriculture and production are being urged to ensure food security in the United Arab Emirates. Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security, said its future in the Middle East and North Africa depended on strengthening economic and trade co-operatio...

Photo: Umm Mizrah, a 25-year-old Yemeni woman, holds her son Mizrah on a scale in Al-Sadaqa Hospital in the southern Yemen city of Aden in this Feb. 13, 2018 photo. [Nariman El-Mofty/AP]

Mothers Fight for Children’s Lives, Hunger in Yemen

by Susan Shand Voice of America May 9, 2018

The United Nations says 2.9 million women and children in Yemen are acutely malnourished. Nearly one third of Yemen’s population, or 8.4 million people, are fed with food aid or else they would go hungry. That number has grown by 25 percent over the past year. Aid agencies say that parts of Yemen ...

Photo: An internally displaced woman and her daughter look over the city of Sana’a, Yemen, from the roof of this dilapidated building they call their new home. [Giles Clarke/UN OCHA]

Yemen facing largest famine the world has seen for decades, warns UN aid chief

by United Nations News Centre United Nations News Centre November 10, 2017

Top United Nations humanitarian official warns Yemen will be gripped by famine – one the likes of which the world has not seen in years – if the blockade on basic supplies into the country imposed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition is not lifted immediately....

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