News release | 11 March 2021
On Yemen:
“Just two days ago, I was in Yemen, where over 16 million people now face crisis levels of hunger or worse. These aren’t just numbers. These are real people. And we are headed straight toward the biggest famine in modern history. It is hell on earth in many places in Yemen right now.”
“Around 400,000 children may die in Yemen this year without urgent intervention.