FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the Houthi movement take part in a protest marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen May31, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
DUBAI (Reuters) - A dispute over control of biometric data between the World Food Programme and Yemen's Houthi group is straining humanitarian efforts and threatens to disrupt aid distribution in a country already on the brink of famine.
In an unusually strong statement the U.N. agency, which feeds more than 10 million people a month across the Arabian Peninsula's poorest nation, said last month it is considering suspending deliveries due to fighting, insecurity and interference in its work.
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