Chronic Hunger Stalks Millions in War-Torn Yemen

The U.N. World Food Program is scaling up its emergency food and nutrition program for millions of Yemeni civilians who are on the brink of famine. The WFP warns conditions in the country continue to worsen as more than three years of escalating warfare have pushed the country’s economic and health systems to the point of collapse. The WFP says Yemen is facing the worst hunger crisis in the world. It reports two-thirds of the population, or 18 million people, do not know where their next...

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