UN pleads for grain to feed Yemenis

AMMAN: The UN renewed its plea to access food aid stored in mills for more than five months to distribute in Yemen, where millions are on the brink of famine.

The plea by the UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, and the UN’s humanitarian aid co-ordinator, Mark Lowcock, comes after an earlier request by the UN last week.

“The World Food Programme grain stored in the mills – enough to feed 3.7 million people for a month – has been inaccessible for over five months and is at risk of rotting.

“The urgency of United Nations access to the Red Sea Mills in Hodeida is growing by the day,” they said. “We emphasise that ensuring access to the mills is a shared responsibility among the parties to the conflict in Yemen.”