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Yemen Online
6 days ago
- General
- Yemen Online
WFP to Resume Emergency Food Aid in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
Sana'a, Yemen — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced plans to resume emergency food distributions in northern Yemen, specifically in areas under the control of the Houthi movement, by the end of July. The move comes after a three-month suspension of aid deliveries due to operational and funding challenges. According to WFP's latest humanitarian report, the organization is preparing to launch the second cycle of its Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) program, aiming to reach 803,000 people across 25 districts most affected by food insecurity. The suspension, which began in April 2025, left millions without critical food support. WFP cited a sharp decline in funding, receiving only 7% of the required budget for the first four months of the year. The agency warned that the delay in aid had worsened malnutrition rates and disrupted supply chains. The resumed distributions are part of WFP's broader emergency response strategy, which began in August 2024 to address the deteriorating food security situation in Yemen. While aid operations continued in government-controlled regions — reaching over 1 million beneficiaries in June alone — Houthi-held areas saw no distributions during the same period. WFP officials emphasized the urgency of restoring aid to vulnerable populations and called on international donors to increase support. 'We are doing everything we can to resume life-saving assistance, but without adequate funding, our ability to respond remains severely limited,' the agency stated. The humanitarian situation in Yemen remains dire, with over 17 million people facing acute food insecurity. The resumption of aid in Houthi-controlled areas is expected to provide critical relief to families struggling with hunger and displacement.
Khabar Agency
21-07-2025
- General
- Khabar Agency
WFP: 66% of households in Yemen were unable to obtain their minimum food needs in May
World Food Programme (WFP) latest data show that 66 percent of households in Yemen were unable to obtain their minimum food needs in May. This is, for the second consecutive month, the highest level of inadequate food consumption ever measured by WFP in Yemen. A recent report issued by WFP showed that the prevalence of severe food deprivation (poor food consumption) rose to 39 percent in May. All governorates of Yemen exceeded the 'very high' threshold (≥20 percent) for poor food consumption, with peaks recorded in Ad Dali', Al Jawf, Amran, Lahj, and Hajjah governorates. Key drivers of food insecurity in Yemen, according to WFP report, include worsening economic challenges, substantial reductions in humanitarian assistance gaps caused by funding shortages, limited livelihood activities, localized conflict, and the delayed and insufficient rainfall. WFP assisted an estimated 1.2 million people across its activities in Yemen in June.1,2 in areas under the internationally recognized Government of Yemen (IRG). In areas under the Houthi rebels WFP is preparing to complete the second cycle of the targeted emergency food assistance (TEFA) programme, which was suspended in April 2025. Distributions are planned to start in late July to 803,000 people across 25 districts. WFP report added that Severe funding reductions have hampered it's ability to sustain food assistance at adequate levels considering the rapidly deteriorating food security situation in Yemen, and that is conducting a beneficiary re-targeting and registration exercise.
Yemen Online
27-02-2025
- Yemen Online
WFP Yemen Situation Report #1, 17 February 2025
HIGHLIGHTS • The food security situation in Yemen remains alarming, with WFP data showing 64 percent of households nationwide unable to access sufficient food. • Evidence shows that WFP's Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) worked to improve food security outcomes in targeted districts under the Sana'a-based authorities. • Under WFP's school feeding programme, WFP expanded its Healthy Kitchen-project to an additional 6,000 students in Sana'a city and 1,000 students in Al Hodeidah city. • Eight UN staff members (including seven from WFP) were detained by security forces in northern Yemen on 23-25 January. One WFP staff member died in custody on 10 February.
Asharq Al-Awsat
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
WFP: 70% of IDPs in Yemen Have No Access to Minimum Food Needs
The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday revealed that the food insecurity situation in Yemen remains consistently at alarming levels, where 70% of internally displaced persons (IDPs) struggle to access their minimum food needs. The report came while humanitarian organizations in Yemen await President Donald Trump's decision to designate the Houthi militias as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) to take effect. 'IDPs were particularly affected by the food insecurity situation in Yemen,' the UN agency said in its Yemen Food Security Update. '70% of IDP households struggled to access their minimum food needs, and severe food deprivation increased to 42% by the end of 2024,' it noted. The WFP said IDPs in camp exhibited a higher prevalence of poor food consumption (49%) compared to those living in host communities (39%). The food insecurity situation in Yemen remains consistently at alarming levels, where 64% of surveyed households were unable to obtain their minimum food needs in December 2024, found the report. It said households in areas under the legitimate government exhibited relatively higher prevalence of inadequate food consumption (67%) compared to Houthi-controlled areas (63%). The Program named the key drivers that led to the deteriorating food insecurity situation in Yemen. They include macroeconomic upheavals, humanitarian assistance gaps particularly the pause of food assistance across most districts in Houthi-held areas and the limited livelihood opportunities. In addition, localized conflict during the last three months of 2024 contributed to a further deterioration in the food security situation, particularly in frontline districts of Taiz, Dhale and Abyan. The WFP report showed that severe levels of food deprivation (poor food consumption) reached 38% by the end of the year (40% in government areas and 37% in Houthi-controlled areas). Also, all governorates in Yemen exceeded the 'very high' threshold of more than 20% for poor food consumption in December, except for the Houthi-held Sanaa governorate. To meet food shortages in December, the WFP said 52% households in Houthi-controlled areas and 44% in government areas adopted severe food-based coping strategies (higher than 20). Nationally, common practices included reducing meal sizes (72%) and consuming less preferred foods (66%). Therefore, the program showed that severe livelihood challenges were evident, with strategies such as begging and selling homes becoming prevalent. In Houthi-controlled areas, the WFP said it scaled up its Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) program from 1.4 million people to 2.8 million people in 70 districts as of the second TEFA cycle, which started in mid-January 2025. The resumption of regular food assistance in Houthi-held areas contributed to a notable improvement in households food consumption and coping levels as observed in September and November. In areas under the control of the legitimate government, the UN agency said the Yemeni rial depreciated by 26% during 2024 and lost 71% of its value against the US dollar over the past five years. This depreciation has primarily driven fuel prices to unprecedented levels and caused the cost of the minimum food basket (MFB) to rise by 21% between January-December 2024. Meanwhile, fuel imports through all Yemeni seaports in 2024 remained at a similar level to that recorded in 2023, while food imports increased by 10% compared to the previous year, the report said.
