Yemen famine: will food aid resolve humanitarian crisis?

In Depth: a three-week Saudi blockade has been lifted but war-torn nation faces a bigger problem

Yemen
The escalation in violence puts 170,000 Yemeni children at risk of death or injury, according the Save the Children
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A UN ship carrying 5,500 tons of flour docked in Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port on Sunday, the first food aid to arrive in almost three weeks.

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