Funding crisis forces UN Agency to Cut Food Rations for Conflict-Affected Yemenis

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2010 – The United Nations food agency will be forced to cut rations for tens of thousands of people affected by the conflict in north-western Yemen starting this Saturday because stocks have dwindled as a result of limited funding.

The UN World Food Programmed (WFP) reported today that it is facing a shortfall of nearly 70 per cent on its 2010 budget requirements for relief work in the conflict-affected Yemeni…