WFP Yemen Situation Report #7, July 2021
In Numbers
20.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance
16.2 million people food insecure
47,000 people in famine-like conditions
4 million people internally displaced
Highlights
WFP targeted 11.3 million people in Yemen with General Food Assistance in July.
Key economic indicators continue their decline, with the Yemeni riyal (YER) hitting a record low of YER 1,000/USD 1 in southern Yemen.
The economic decline is driving continued food insecurity: A WFP-FAO food security outlook analysis notes Yemen as a “highest alert level” hotspot, with a further deterioration of the food security situation likely over the coming months.
Hostilities continue in Ma’rib governorate, displacing 24,800 people by the end of July.
7,058 confirmed cumulative cases of COVID-19 had been reportd in Yemen as of the end of July
Aden — The British Ambassador to Yemen, Abda Sharif, held a high-level meeting this week with Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Maabaqi, Governor of the Centra…
Sanaa — At least 52 bottled water factories have been forced to shut down in the Yemeni capital Sanaa over the past four years due to mountin…
Taiz — Bakeries across the city of Taiz have resumed operations following a new agreement between local authorities and the Bakers’ Syn…