14M ‘ON BRINK OF FAMINE’

PARIS: Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called on Wednesday for an “immediate cessation of hostilities” in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now “on the brink of famine”. The joint appeal was signed by the International Federation for Human Rights, Action Against Hunger, CARE International, Oxfam, Doctors of the World and Yemeni organisations. The statement called on governments to “secure an immediate cessation of hostilities” and “suspend the supply of arms at risk of being used in Yemen”. – AFP