UN food agency cuts Yemen aid as funds dry up

Published on 04 May 2010

The UN food aid agency warned on Tuesday that crucial supplies for Yemen were running out because of a lack of international funding, as it cut remaining food rations by half. World Food Programme spokeswoman Emilia Casella said 3.4 million Yemenis needed food aid. (..) "Due to lack of funding, the WFP has been forced to cut rations by half," Casella told journalists.

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