A doctor examines a malnourished baby at a malnutrition treatment department of a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
SANAA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Hunger is still the most pressing challenge facing Yemen, a country with the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the United Nations.
The hiking price of grain caused by the Ukraine-Russia crisis has caused more hunger in the war-ravaged Arab country, warned Hossam Elsharkawi, the regional director for Middle East and North Africa of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
"The current situation in Yemen is a hundred times worse than it was before the crisis," he said.
A malnourished child lies on the bed waiting for the doctor to treat her at a malnutrition treatment department of a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A malnourished child lies on the bed waiting for the doctor to treat her at a malnutrition treatment department of a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Yemenis buy grain at a market in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on Feb. 27, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A child looks out through his hut's door at a slum in Sanaa, Yemen, April 20, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)■
