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I know most of you know this, I just want to keep the awareness going.
And who are the ones responsible in a large part for this
The Saudis and the biggest supporters of the Saudis are
US/us
Children dying of starvation in Yemen's conflict
This video contains distressing scenes from the start.
The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war.
This BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016, and shows some of the suffering endured by children in the country.
Video at link
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-37423263/children-dying-of-starvation-in-yemen-s-conflict
More than five million children risk famine in war-torn Yemen as food and fuel prices soar, Save the Children said Wednesday, warning an entire generation may face death and "starvation on an unprecedented scale".
The three-year conflict between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and Huthi rebels linked to Iran has pushed the already impoverished country to the brink of famine, leaving many unable to afford food and water.
"his war risks killing an entire generation of Yemen's children who face multiple threats, from bombs to hunger to preventable diseases like cholera."
The World Food Programme last year warned that food had become a "weapon of war" in Yemen, where fighting, cholera and looming famine have created what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/19/five-million-children-yemen-risk-starving-death-food-fuel-prices/
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)K&R
KCDebbie
(664 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Tavarious Jackson
(1,595 posts)It's si horrific.
sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)Without Borders. All have special funds for Yemen.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Docreed2003
(16,847 posts)We, here on DU, may be disgusted and outraged by this, but we need to expose what our tax dollars are financing and what that "precious Saudi relationship" really means!