17 mln people in hunger due to ongoing conflict in Yemen

Displaced people carry a bag of wheat received as food aid from World Food Program (WFP) at a distribution center in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sept. 24, 2017. Ongoing conflict in Yemen had resulted in 17 million people, almost two thirds of its population, in hunger, with a record 7 million people depending entirely on food assistance, the World Food Program (WFP) said in a statement on Sept. 20. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)