

The Yemen Trend - October 2018 Issue
In October, UN Relief Chief Mark Lowcock warned the Security Council that the prospect of famine has drawn nearer since his September briefing, and that he had likely under-estimated the scale of the crisis. “The total number of people facing pre-famine conditions, meaning they are entirely reliant on external aid for survival, could soon reach not 11 million but 14 million,” he said, warning that the country is on the verge of the largest famine in decades. The food security