Aden, June 23 -- Three United Nations agencies warned on Sunday that nearly 5 million people in Yemen's southern provinces face food insecurity, with conditions expected to deteriorate further without urgent intervention.
In a joint statement, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that without immediate and sustained assistance, an additional 420,000 people could fall into severe food insecurity between September and February 2026.
That would bring the total number of severely food-insecure people to 5.38 million -- more than half the population in Yemen's southern regions.
The agencies cited a combination of factors driving the crisis, includ...