Yemen remains trapped in a political, humanitarian and prolonged development crisis, after having endured years of conflict between government forces and Houthi rebels, with populations in the south of the country faced with an increasing crisis in food insecurity.
A partial update Released on Monday by the classification of the integrated food security phase supported by the UN (IPC) System – which classifies the food insecurity of phase 1 to famine conditions, or phase 5 – depicts a dark image.
From May 2025, around 4.95 million people were faced with food insecurity at the level of the crisis or worse (phase 3+), including 1.5 million in the face of food insecurity in terms of emergency (phase 4).
These figures mark an increase of 370,000 people with severe food insecurity compared to the period from November 2024 to February 2025.
New deterioration
The United Nations World Food Program (Wfp)) warned that ” In the front, the situation [was] should deteriorate more ”, with 420,000 people who potentially fall into food insecurity at the level of the crisis or worse.
This would bring the total number of people seriously secure in the areas of the South Governor to 5.38 million, more than half of the population.
Multiple crises compounds – such as sustained economic decline, the depreciation of currencies in southern governors, conflicts and increasingly serious times – lead food insecurity to Yemen.
High -risk areas
In the midst of the growing food crisis in Yemen, humanitarian agencies WfpThe United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), and the organization of food and agriculture (Fao) Reorient their efforts to high -risk areas, providing integrated support for food security, nutrition, sanitation, health and protection to maximize vital impact.
“The fact that more and more people in Yemen do not know where their next meal will come from is extremely worrying at a time when we know unprecedented funding challenges,” said Siemon Hollema, deputy director of PAM in Yemen.
Immediate support required
WFP, Unicef and Fao urgently call on humanitarian aid and help with sustained and large-scale livelihoods to prevent communities from being in-depth in food insecurity and to ensure that the UN “can continue to serve the most vulnerable families who have not been nowhere else,” he said.
Internal people displaced, low -income rural households and vulnerable children are particularly affected and are now faced with increased vulnerability because approximately 2.4 million children under the age of five and 1.5 million pregnant and lacting women are currently suffering from acute malnutrition.
The situation is disastrous, but with urgent support, ” We can revitalize local food production, safeguard the means of subsistence and move from the crisis to the construction of resilience, ensuring the efficiency and the impact“Said the FAO representative in Yemen, Dr. Hussain Gadain.
Publicado anteriormente en Almouwatin.
