International network expects Yemen to remain at the forefront of countries most in need of humanitarian aid by next March

An international network expected that Yemen will continue to be at the forefront of the countries most in need of aid around the world by next March, with the number of people in need of humanitarian aid in the country rising to 19 million people.

“Yemen will remain the largest of the 31 countries covered by the network in terms of the number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance by March 2025, followed by Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Ethiopia,” the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) said in its September 2024 analysis of projected emergency food assistance needs in the countries covered by the network.

She added, "The number of Yemenis who will continue to be in dire need of urgent food assistance is expected to rise from 18 to about 19 million people in March 2025," representing about 55% of the population.

The analysis indicated that due to the continued deterioration of poor economic conditions and the decline in income-earning opportunities, severe food insecurity at the crisis level ( IPC Phase 3 ) or worse outcomes will remain widespread in most Yemeni governorates.

The international network revealed that the governorates under Houthi control, in the north of the country, as a result of the continued suspension of food aid distribution, the results of the state of acute food insecurity at the emergency level ( IPC Phase 4) will continue until next March.