The world has averted its eyes and done nothing. Dire warnings issued by aid organizations have simply gone unheeded.
The United Nations clearly states that the world must prepare to face the largest catastrophic famine that it has seen in decades, one that will cost millions of people their lives. Saudi Arabia has imposed a far-reaching embargo on Yemen. The UN warns that fully one-quarter of Yemen's 28 million citizens face the very real threat of death by starvation — unless Saudi Arabia immediately opens Yemen's airspace to allow the arrival of humanitarian flights and its harbours to allow cargo ships entry.
The Saudi air offensive has done little to drive out the Houthis while casting the country and its people into a living hell. There is no justification for the Yemeni people's suffering — a suffering that is primarily a consequence of Saudi Arabian policies.
The United Nations clearly states that the world must prepare to face the largest catastrophic famine that it has seen in decades, one that will cost millions of people their lives. Saudi Arabia has imposed a far-reaching embargo on Yemen. The UN warns that fully one-quarter of Yemen's 28 million citizens face the very real threat of death by starvation — unless Saudi Arabia immediately opens Yemen's airspace to allow the arrival of humanitarian flights and its harbours to allow cargo ships entry.
The Saudi air offensive has done little to drive out the Houthis while casting the country and its people into a living hell. There is no justification for the Yemeni people's suffering — a suffering that is primarily a consequence of Saudi Arabian policies.
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