Over 5m children face famine in Yemen war

British charity Save the Children has warned that more than five million children are at risk of starvation in Yemen, as renewed fighting threatens to disrupt food and aid supplies through the vital port city of Hodeidah

SAUDI ARABIA
RED SEA
Marib
Sparsely populated
Saadah
100km 60 miles
Saleef
Taiz
Aden
Sanaa
YEMEN
Al Mukalla
GULF OF ADEN

Government / Arab coalition 
Houthi rebels 
Al Qaeda

Hodeidah: Entry point for around 80 percent of Yemen’s food, medicine and aid supplies

YEMEN’S POPULATION AT RISK

22.2m People in need of humanitarian aid

17.8m People in need of emergency food assistance

5.2m Children facing famine (among those in need of emergency food assistance)

Total population (2016)
27.6m




Sources: ReliefWeb, Risk Intelligence
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