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- Published: 26th November 2018
The people of Yemen are not starving. They are being starved.
Ongoing conflict, airstrikes and restrictions on imports have left 14 million people in Yemen on the brink of famine.
All warring parties and those fuelling the conflict through arms sales are implicated in this man-made humanitarian crisis.
Farms and food supplies have been bombed and attacked, Yemen’s currency has collapsed and the price of essential food items has doubled. Humanitarian aid is being blocked, while sickness and disease are killing people already weak with starvation.
Oxfam is on the ground in Yemen and has so far reached more than 3 million people with lifesaving essentials. But the ongoing fighting is pushing the country to breaking point.
We’re calling on all parties to agree an immediate ceasefire, a halt of international arms sales to all sides, the reopening and repairing of ports, and the guaranteed protection of aid deliveries, food imports and food production.
But to make this a reality, we need you to act now.
Please share this post and spread awareness of the crisis in Yemen.
Food should never be a weapon of war. Please share this message widely and help stop the suffering in Yemen.
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