Now we are on the brink of another famine – perhaps the worst for decades, says a UN aid chief – and Britain must again bear blame. The UN called Yemen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis even before Saudi Arabia decided to blockade the country a week and a half ago, shutting out food and medicine. Twenty million people, more than two-thirds of the population, are in urgent need of humanitarian supplies. Whatever pressure governments are exerting privately, Riyadh knows that Yemen is near the bottom of their priority list for the region. Britain should stop selling arms to Riyadh and shout out the need to end the blockade.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 19:07 UTC