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Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

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Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

On Monday, March 25, 2019, in a slum town in Hodeida, Yemen, malnourished child Hanna Ahmad Ali Bahr was held in the arms of his father. Skinny and skinny, he looked so pitiful. Yemen's brutal war is in its fifth year and shows no signs of ending. Reuters reporter Abduljabbar Zeyad

Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

On Monday, March 25, 2019, a malnourished little girl, Hanaa Ahmad Ali Bahr, clutches a small piece of bread in a slum in Hodeida, Yemen. More than a third of Yemen's population, or nearly 10 million people, cannot find enough food.

Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

On Monday, March 25, 2019, malnourished little girl Hanaa Ahmad Ali Bahr sat on her father's lap. It is estimated that 8,500 children under the age of 5 have died of extreme hunger since 2015.

Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

On Monday, March 25, 2019, on Salam Street, north of Hodeida, Yemen, a little girl fills a bucket with drinking water. The war has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis and has killed tens of thousands of people.

Two million Yemeni children were malnourished after the outbreak of war in Yemen

On Monday, March 25, 2019, 16-year-old Seham Ahmed Ali Ghaleb cooked at home. About 2 million Yemeni children are malnourished, of whom 360,000 suffer from "acute malnutrition".

On 2 April 2022, the two sides of the conflict in Yemen agreed to a two-month ceasefire. When this war will truly end, only God knows.

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