Nearly 400,000 Children At Risk of Starvation in Yemen

UN: Nearly 400,000 Children At Risk of Starvation in Yemen

More than 370,000 children are at risk of starvation (Al Jazeera) in Yemen and about 14 million people are in urgent need of food and medical aid, according to the United Nations. The conflict in Yemen since 2014 has caused dramatic inflation in food and fuel prices.

This CFR backgrounder explains Yemen’s crisis.