Aid agencies have warned that Yemen risks tipping into famine this year if food aid imports through the Red Sea are disrupted.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network that projects food needs has predicted that hunger will be on the rise this July compared to the same month last year.
Concerns have been growing as Saudi Arabia may once again close the Hudaydah port it temporarily opened for a month.
More than 85 percent of humanitarian and medical supplies required for the country’s 28 million population is imported through the port city.
The director of the World Food program in Yemen says restrictions on ports could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.
The World Health Organization says Yemen is already struggling to cope with a spreading diphtheria outbreak that’s claimed 48 lives so far.
