WFP Yemen Situation Report #8
- 2022-09-21
- 09:41:46
Breaking News
In numbers
19 million people food insecure
161,000 people in famine-like conditions
3.5 million people acutely malnourished
3.1 million people assisted by WFP in August
Highlights
• WFP plans to resume its Resilience and Livelihoods activity in Yemen, suspended earlier this year due to funding shortfalls, supported by a EUR 30 million contribution from Germany.
• Under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a WFP-chartered vessel departed Ukraine on 30 August with 37,000 metric tons of wheat bound for WFP’s general food assistance programme in Yemen.
• WFP and partners continued in August to respond to floods which has impacted more than 360,000 people across Yemen.
AbuDhabi -- The United Arab Emirates has pledged $1 billion to bolster Yemen’s electricity sector, marking one of the largest development com…
Hudaydah -- The ports of Hudaydah, Al-Salif, and Ras Issa critical gateways for both commercial and humanitarian cargo have witnessed sustained dro…
Sana'a -- Hundreds of merchants in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, launched a sweeping strike this week in protest against new financial and c…
