LA CRISE AU YÉMEN

THE YEMEN CRISIS


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For more than four years, Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels have been at war, and today more than half of the population is threatened by famine.

A pro-government coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia with US support imposed restrictions on imports of food, medicine and fuel to weaken the rebels. But it’s civilians who are hit hard, and the UN considers the situation to be the worst human-made humanitarian disaster.

While it’s still possible to find food in the marketplaces, prices have risen so much that the poorest, who went by with little money before, are now starving. In the most affected areas, mainly in the north in rebel-held territories where the coalition’s sanctions are the most severe, thousands of children are dying of malnutrition and related diseases. In remote villages, families can no longer afford medical care or even transportation to go to a clinic. Poverty is such that some families have to choose which child to feed.

Most of the fighting are concentrated on Hodeida, especially since the coalition launched an offensive to retake the city from the insurgents in the summer of 2018. The port of Hodeida is the main point of entry for food and humanitarian aid for the Houthi-controlled north where most of the population lives. Seizing this key city on the west coast would have changed the course of the war for the coalition. But the offensive exacerbated an already dramatic humanitarian situation and hindered the arrival of international aid.

photographs by Lorenzo TUGNOLI

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