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SPECIAL REPORT: The World Food Program is warning that #Yemen and countries in the Horn of #Africa – not coincidentally states that the #US has been destabilizing for decades, could face mass starvation amid the #CoronavirusPandemic.
By: @AlanRMacLeod
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The World Food Program predicts #Yemen to feel the worst impact of a prolonged global #pandemic and famine; 16 million people are already suffering a food crisis, the highest number in the world.
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40 percent of #Yemeni households had already lost their primary source of income before the #pandemic, because of the Saudi blockade. Over half of children born since the conflict started in 2015 are already physically stunted due to lack of food.
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The West has played a highly destabilizing role in the Horn of #Africa, supporting militias and dictatorial regimes across the region. 4.24 million people in #Somalia, it notes, are already facing serious circumstances.
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The country’s 2.6 million internally displaced #Refugees also pose a serious problem. The overcrowded and unsanitary camps they live in – where #SocialDistancing and getting enough nutrition is difficult – could be a breeding ground for hunger and #COVID19.
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