The UN says Yemen is facing the world's worst famine in 100 years if the war continues

“Half the population of war-torn Yemen - 14 million people - are facing "pre-famine conditions", the UN has warned…

Medics say the number of deaths linked to food-related factors is rising.

Yemen has been devastated by a conflict that escalated in 2015, when a Saudi-led coalition intervened after the rebel Houthi movement seized control of much of the west of the country and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee abroad.

At least 6,660 civilians have been killed and 10,560 injured in the war, according to the UN. The fighting and a partial blockade by the coalition have also left 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid, created the world's largest food security emergency, and led to a cholera outbreak that has affected 1.1 million people…

Every day, 130 children under 5 were dying from extreme hunger & disease in #Yemen at the end of last year.  Nearly 50,000 children during the course of a year.  https://t.co/elnwNGQJE6

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45964795

Let’s pray for an end to the hostilities and the economic crisis in Yemen, for the return of peace to this long-suffering nation, and especially for the provision of food and other essential resources needed so desperately right now.