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Nearly 25% Of Yemenis Face Severe Hunger, Preliminary WFP Survey Finds
"Almost five million Yemenis are unable to produce or buy the food they need, according to preliminary findings of a United Nations survey," the U.N. News Centre reports (3/14). A World Food Programme (WFP) "survey on food security among 8,000 households in 19 of the country's 21 governorates concluded that approximately five million people -- about 22 percent of the population -- are facing severe hunger, double the 2009 number and above the threshold at which food aid is required," the Guardian reports (Ford, 3/14). The survey, "which was produced in collaboration with the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Yemeni Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), also found that a further five million people are at risk of becoming severely food insecure as they face rising food prices and conflict," the U.N. News Centre notes (3/14).
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