'Five million' Yemeni children face famine

[TomSea]

'Five million' Yemeni children face famine

A further one million children are at risk of famine in Yemen, Save the Children has warned.

Rising food prices and the falling value of the Yemeni currency as a result of the conflict are putting more families at risk of food insecurity.

But another threat comes from fighting around the key port city of Hudaydah, which is the entry point for most aid to the country's rebel-held areas.

The charity says a total of 5.2 million children in Yemen now face famine.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45568669

[thackney]

Famine in Yemen has been there for decades centuries.

[rustynail]

Eat them.

[Sanguine]

Eat them.

What kind of comment is that?  (Rhetorical question)

[rustynail]

It's from this: A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Public,  by Jonathan Swift in 1729.