Houthis accused of diverting aid

The head of the United Nations food agency has accused Yemen's Houthi rebels of diverting food from the country's hungriest people and threatened to suspend food aid. David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), said the agency had found "serious evidence"

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Published 18 June 2019, 8:00 · Updated 21:41

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The head of the United Nations food agency has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of diverting food from the country’s hungriest people and threatened to suspend food aid.

David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), said the agency had found “serious evidence” that food supplies had been diverted in the capital, Sana’a and other Houthi-controlled areas in the country, which is in the midst of a four-year civil war.

He called on the Houthis to implement agreements that would allow the UN agency to operate independently.

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