Half a million children at risk of starvation as Yemen conflict escalates

Women hold their malnourished children at Hays Rural Hospital in Hodeida (AP)

The United Nations estimates that 500,000 children are at risk of starvation in Yemen as the civil war threatens to escalate after months of a tenuous ceasefire.

The crisis has been brought on by the conflict, but also by skyrocketing food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine – the source of 40% of Yemen’s wheat.