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Yemen: War Brings Hunger

January 7, 2013

The people of Yemen are suffering from high energy and food prices. Unemployment is rampant, and so is illiteracy. And now millions are also threatened by famine.

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The World Food Program estimates that 5 million of Yemen's 24 million people are severely malnourished. Although there is said to be sufficient food in the country, more and more people have no access to markets, and no money to buy even basic foodstuffs.