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Nearly half of Yemenis going hungry: WFP
 | Thirsty, too, as they give much of their water over to qat cultivation, and lose much of the rest to leaks and general mismanagement. |
SANAA -- Nearly half of Yemenis go to bed hungry every night as political instability compounds a global food and fuel price surge, giving the country the world's third-highest rate of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said yesterday.
| It's unfortunate about the starving masses, of course, but has anyone in that parched land considered 'cause and effect'? Turn your country into a third world shit hole filled with rebellion, murderous holy men, jihadists domestic and foreign, thugs and conniving politicians all interested in stealing everything that isn't bolted down, and this is the result. But don't worry, Obama and Hillary will insist that these folks deserve American aid because, you know, just because... |
Forced to import most of its food needs because of a paucity of arable land, Yemen has also suffered from a rise in global food and fuel prices, WFP spokesman Barry Came told Reuters.
"Five million people, or 22 percent of the population, can't feed themselves or buy enough to feed themselves ... These are mostly landless laborers, so they don't grow their own food, and with high food prices they can't buy it either," said Came.
Posted by: Steve White 2012-10-01 |
