Aden may be facing "the largest famine the world has seen for many decades" after a Saudi -backed military coalition closed all access routes into the country, according to Lowcock Aid Chief Hodeidah . Around nearly 900,000 are on the verge of starvation in the war-torn nation, while seven million are estimated to be infected with cholera. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi movement in neighboring Yemen said on Monday it had closed all air, land and sea ports to the Arabian Peninsula country to stem the flow of arms to the Houthis from Iran. “What we need is a winding down of the blockade, so that we can save the lives of those people”, said Lowcock .
Aden may be facing "the largest famine the world has seen for many decades" after a Saudi -backed military coalition closed all access routes into the country, according to Lowcock Aid Chief Hodeidah . Around nearly 900,000 are on the verge of starvation in the war-torn nation, while seven million are estimated to be infected with cholera. “What we need is a winding down of the blockade, so that we can save the lives of those people”, said Lowcock .