Millions still waiting for aid despite generous pledges Hunger is becoming a normal part of everyday life in Yemen as nearly half of the population sinks into debt to feed their families, aid agency Oxfam warned today.   Oxfam is calling on the UK's Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud as co-chairs of the Friends of Yemen conference in London today, to ask world...

Rising food prices and increased frequency of humanitarian crises may entrench hunger long term The international aid agency, Oxfam, has warned that efforts to bring an end to global hunger are in danger of "flat-lining" in the longer term, with rising food prices and an increasing number of weather-related crises threatening to entrench hunger across the world.  Oxfam's warning follows today's...

Humanitarian response still severely under-funded despite billions promised The hunger crisis in Yemen, which affects almost one out of every two Yemeni citizens, and is putting nearly one million children at risk of severe malnutrition, must be addressed immediately to put the fragile country on the path to a better future, eight international and Yemeni aid agencies said today (27 September 2012). The call for more targeted emergency funding came...

Tens of thousands of people will be left without aid in Yemen's hunger crisis unless more money is urgently given to the aid effort, Oxfam and Islamic Relief warned today.  Nearly a quarter of the population are in need of emergency aid to survive because they do not have enough food to eat.   The aid agencies said they needed an additional $38 million to carry out their work and have been forced to delay aid programmes...