Jun 12, 2025 | Yemen Silently Starves
A DECADE OF HUNGER AND SUFFERING Mahmoud* lay dazed, trapped under a heap of twisted metal and concrete. He struggled to think clearly—was this his home, or at least what was left of it? Where were his wife and four children? Were they in this prison of rubble with...
Jun 27, 2024 | International Crisis
A sudden stroke brought a quick end to 60-year-old Sharad’s construction career, leaving him bedridden and without and income to support his family. After that, the family gained their income from a grain mill managed by his wife. However, when the grain mill...
Apr 17, 2024 | International Crisis
“We fled death only to find refuge in this place,” Majed* said bitterly. War forced this Yemeni father and his family from home, and now they live in a building with walls battered by bombs and a roof made of makeshift cloth. Tears came to his eyes as he told of the...
Mar 20, 2024 | International Crisis
Grief washed over Afra* from Yemen as she prepared a meal for her four children. She knew the cooked leaves and roots would hardly quiet their hunger, but what choice did she have? She was a widow, her husband killed in 2021 by a stray artillery shell. Afra had sold...
