Head of UN’s World Food Programme threatens suspension of food aid if safe delivery not assured
The head of the United Nations food agency has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of diverting food from the country’s hungriest people and threatened to suspend food aid.
David Beasley, World Food Programme (WFP) executive director, said the agency had found “serious evidence” that food supplies had been diverted in the capital of Sana’a and other Houthi-controlled areas in the country, which is in the midst of a four year civil war. He called on the Houthis to implement agreements that would allow the UN agency to operate independently.
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