Aid groups push to feed Yemen's hungry millions during Ramadan ceasefire


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  • Friday, 22 Apr 2022

A woman cooks a meal at a camp for displaced people in al-Ghaidha, Yemen April 11, 2022. Picture taken April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Nusaibah Almuaalemi

HAJJAH/AL MAHRA, Yemen (Reuters) - A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but malnutrition ravaging children is projected to worsen if fighting returns or humanitarian funding does not pick up.

"The benefits of the first weeks of truce are already significant," said Erin Hutchinson, Yemen Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council.

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