World Food Programme pauses distribution in north Yemen as funds limited


FILE PHOTO: Beneficiaries of World Food Program assistance queue at a food distribution center amid exacerbating food shortages, in Sanaa, Yemen July 18, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

RIYADH (Reuters) - The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had paused general food distribution in north Yemen due to limited funding and disagreement with local authorities over how to focus on the poorest there.

Sanaa and northern Yemeni regions are under the control of the Iran-aligned Houthi group, which has been at war since 2014 with a Saudi-backed government that is based in the southern port city of Aden.

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