{"id":9177,"date":"2026-01-19T15:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:17:43","slug":"yemen-faces-worst-food-crisis-since-2022-aid-group-warns-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=9177","title":{"rendered":"Yemen faces worst food crisis since 2022, aid group warns | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 19 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">19 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"901\">Yemen, one of the world\u2019s most impoverished nations, is entering a perilous new phase of food shortages with more than half the population \u2013 about 18 million people \u2013 expected to face <a href=\"https:\/\/liberties.aljazeera.com\/en\/yemens-unfolding-humanitarian-emergency\/#:~:text=Yemen%20faces%20a%20deepening%20humanitarian,experience%20acute%20food%20insecurity%20soon.\">worsening hunger<\/a> in early 2026, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1277\">The warning follows new projections under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification hunger-monitoring system that were released on Monday and show an additional one million people at risk of life-threatening hunger. It also comes as Yemen is experiencing its latest internal conflict with external regional actors involved in fighting in the nation\u2019s south.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1277\">The assessment also forecasts pockets of famine affecting more than 40,000 people across four districts within the next two months \u2013 the bleakest outlook for the country since 2022.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1600\">Years of war and mass displacement have shattered livelihoods and limited access to basic health and nutrition services.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1600\">Those pressures now overlap with a nationwide economic collapse that has slashed households\u2019 purchasing power and driven up food prices. At the same time, humanitarian assistance has sharply declined.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1820\">By the end of 2025, Yemen\u2019s required humanitarian response was less than 25 percent funded \u2013 the lowest level in a decade \u2013 while life-saving nutrition programmes received under 10 percent of the funding required, the IRC said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"2058\">\u201cThis rapid deterioration \u2013 driven by catastrophic humanitarian funding cuts, climate shocks, economic collapse, and compounded by recent insecurity \u2013 calls for urgent action to reverse the unfolding catastrophe,\u201d the organisation said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/press-release\/people-yemen-are-starving-silence-warns-irc\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2387\">Caroline Sekyewa, the IRC\u2019s country director in Yemen, said the speed of the decline is alarming.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2387\">\u201cPeople of Yemen still remember when they didn\u2019t know where their next meal would come from. I fear we are returning to this dark chapter again. What distinguishes the current deterioration is its speed and trajectory,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2389\" data-end=\"2670\">She described families being forced into desperate choices. \u201cFood insecurity in Yemen is no longer a looming risk; it is a daily reality forcing parents into impossible choices,\u201d Sekyewa said, adding that some parents have resorted to collecting wild plants to feed their children.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2942\">Despite the dire picture, Sekyewa said the crisis is preventable. \u201cYemen\u2019s food security crisis is not inevitable,\u201d she said, urging immediate donor action and pointing to cash assistance as one of the most effective tools to help families meet their basic needs with dignity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2944\" data-end=\"3419\">The humanitarian warning comes amid renewed political and security tensions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2944\" data-end=\"3419\">Yemen has been an acute focus of strain between Gulf neighbours Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in recent months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2944\" data-end=\"3419\">In December, the UAE-supported southern separatist Southern Transitional Council seized swaths of southern and eastern Yemen, advancing close to the Saudi border before Saudi-backed forces regained much of the territory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3421\" data-end=\"3641\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Analysts warned that unresolved rivalries alongside disputes over geopolitics and oil policy risk dragging Yemen back into wider conflict, further compounding a hunger crisis that aid agencies said is already spiralling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026. 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