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    As Yemenis Starve To Death, Humanitarian Relief Group Pleas For International Help

    Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council is on the ground in Yemen. The United Nations is asking for funding as tens of thousands are already starving to death and millions more go hungry.
    by James Doubek Mar 01, 2021 2 minutes
    Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary-General Jan Egeland visiting displaced families in the Muhamasheen community in Amran, Yemen, on Sunday.

    Hunger has been weaponized in the war in Yemen, says a former U.N. official who is currently in the country.

    "We are seeing a relentless countdown to a possible famine that the world hasn't seen since Ethiopia in the 1980s," says Jan Egeland, who is now secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

    The need is enormous: Nearly 50,000 Yemenis are already starving to death and 16 million will go the United Nations.

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