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On the Brink of Starvation in Yemen. Iona Craig for RTÉ Radio 1

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Soldiers block roads and burn tires in protest against unpaid salaries in Yemen's southern city of Aden. Image by Iona Craig. Yemen, 2017.
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Two years of civil war have left Yemen battered, divided and facing famine. Iona Craig traces the...

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Mountains loom over displaced peoples' shelters in Al-Wazia'a. Image by Ahmed al-Basha/IRIN. Yemen, 2016.
Mountains loom over displaced peoples' shelters in Al-Wazia'a. Image by Ahmed al-Basha/IRIN. Yemen, 2016.

Two years into a devastating aerial bombing campaign, plus a deeply divisive ground war, and it is Yemen's civilian population who are paying the heaviest price. More than 18.8 million Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid. Famine and a cholera epidemic now loom.

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