Reopening of Port of Hodeida is Good News for Starving Yemenis

The World Food Program says reopening the Yemeni Port of Hodeida is crucial in efforts to stave off famine in that country, which has been at war for more than three years. The United Nations warns some 14 million people are on the verge of starvation in Yemen. Yemen imports 90 percent of its food, with 70 percent arriving at the port of Hodeida.  Yemen's warring parties agreed to a province-wide cease-fire in Hodeida at U.N.-mediated talks in Sweden.  Unfortunately,...

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