Amid criticism from Washington and other capitals, Saudi Arabia announced on 22 November it would relax its air, land and sea blockade of Yemen, enabling a handful of aid agencies to attend to the desperate humanitarian situation in the country. The United Nations has warned of “famine-like conditions” and the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates 17m Yemenis (60% of the population) are food insecure, 6.8m of them severely so.
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