War and famine could wipe out the next generation of Yemenis

After years of violence half the population is going hungry and 400,000 under fives are at risk of dying from malnutritionEleven-year-old Sadia Ibrahim Mahmud was so weak she could not even move the blanket covering her tiny frame by herself.“I want to get better, and I want to go to school,” she said, her voice barely more than a whisper. The autumn sunlight pouring into the malnutrition ward at a Sana’a hospital hurt her eyes; she turned her head on the pillow and tried to rest. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/01/war-and-famine-could-wipe-out-the-next-generation-of-yemenis #yemen #arms_trade #world_news #middle_east_and_north_africa #children #joe_biden #us_news #saudi_arabia