The Other Side of Intervention: The Secrets of the Billions that Turned Yemen into an Open Hell!
NYN | Reports and Analyses
A report from the World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations revealed that 64% of Yemeni households were unable to provide the minimum of their food needs by December 2024, warning that food security would continue to deteriorate to “catastrophic” levels, threatening the lives of millions.
The study attributed the worsening crisis to the collapse of the Yemeni economy, with the rial losing nearly 26% of its value against the dollar in 2024, leading to a 21% increase in the cost of the basic food basket.
The report also highlighted the halt in humanitarian aid in many areas, the decline in job opportunities, and the ongoing military confrontations that have turned the country into an open battlefield for conflicts.
It noted that 70% of displaced households are struggling severely to obtain food, while the level of extreme food deprivation reached 42% by the end of last year.
The data showed that displaced people in camps are more vulnerable to malnutrition (49%) compared to those living in host communities (39%), with a warning that all governorates have exceeded emergency levels of food insecurity.
The report confirmed that 72% of households were forced to reduce food quantities, while 66% resorted to eating cheap, non-nutritious foods. It pointed out the spread of dangerous practices such as selling homes and begging as survival methods, a shocking indicator of the collapse of livelihoods.
International experts have previously linked the worsening humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the military intervention led by the Saudi-Emirati coalition since 2015, with its policies contributing to the destruction of vital infrastructure, including ports, airports, and roads, disrupting the access of food and medicine to millions of civilians.
The impact of the coalition was not limited to that; it also imposed a tight economic blockade through restrictions on importing essential goods, contributing to a shortage of foreign currency, pushing the Yemeni rial to the brink of collapse.
The coalition is accused of prolonging the war by supporting local warring factions instead of seeking political solutions to end the suffering of Yemenis.
