How hunger is devastating Yemen’s children
Al Jazeera reports on the severe malnutrition crisis affecting millions of children in Yemen after 12 years of conflict. The investigation highlights the gap between international aid funding and the actual needs of displaced families in nutrition centers.
Why it matters
It underscores the failure of international humanitarian aid systems to address the root causes of famine in long-term conflict zones.
Al Jazeera travels to Yemen’s displacement camps to measure the toll of malnutrition on the country’s children.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info A health worker treats a child showing symptoms of malnutrition at a therapeutic feeding centre in al-Buraiqa, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, on September 22, 2026 [Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP Photo] By Aseel Saraih Published On 6 Oct 2026 6 Oct 2026 “My daughter is dying. Save her,” Tahani’s father pleaded, after years of knocking on the doors of officials and aid organisations in the hope they would be able to save his eight-year-old daughter.
More than 2.2 million children under five in Yemen are acutely malnourished, over half a million of them severely, the United Nations says.
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