U.N. resumes grain milling in starvation-threatened Yemen

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U.N. resumes grain milling in starvation-threatened Yemen

DUBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Meals Programme has resumed the milling of grain for meals


DUBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters)The U.N. World Meals Programme has resumed the milling of grain for meals assist to a ravenous inhabitants in Yemen after a halt in late December attributable to shelling injury, the company mentioned on Monday.

Artillery hearth on Dec. 26 broken WFP grain shops on the Pink Sea Mills positioned on the entrance line in the Yemeni port metropolis of Hodeidah.

Milling resumed on Dec. 30, the WFP mentioned in a press release.

The mill and silos have turn into a focus of the battle in Hodeidah, the place the United Nations is attempting to implement a ceasefire and troop withdrawal agreed a yr in the past at peace talks in Stockholm.

The Pink Sea Mills lie on a entrance line between forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s internationally recognised authorities and people of the Iran-aligned Houthi militia.

The shops have been off limits for round six months from late 2018 and prone to rotting till the WFP negotiated entry in February and commenced cleansing…



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