'We have no choice but to take food from the hungry to feed the starving,' the WFP executive director said.
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"The dire situation ... is one that needs money, funding — urgent, rapid, in the bank — for the people of Yemen," Griffiths said, adding that the UN will look at possibly holding a second pledging round in the coming months.to reduce food rations for 8 million people in Yemen due to funding shortfalls.
The current crisis in Europe is likely to hurt those suffering in Yemen as well, the UN said, pointing to the fact that about one-third of Yemen's wheat comes from Russia and Ukraine.A Saudi-led coalition has waged an aerial campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015.
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