World Food Programme ramps up response in Yemen as hunger fears escalate, official says

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The World Food Programme is intensifying aid efforts in Yemen amid escalating hunger concerns linked to recent conflict where Houthi forces have seized parts of the country including the Red Sea coast. The conflict has resulted in thousands of casualties and displacement within Yemen and across to Africa.

By Antoni Slodkowski UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The acting chief of the World Food Programme on Monday said the agency was ramping up its response to the escalating crisis in Yemen, where Houthi fighters seized the country's Red Sea coast, displacing tens of thousands of people. Nearly 700 people have been killed and thousands injured, according to the UN, as the group made their advance. More than 120,000 Yemenis have fled their homes within Yemen, and thousands more by boat across the Red Sea to Africa.