The United Nations announced, on Tuesday, that millions of Yemenis do not have enough food during the holy month of Ramadan, with the deteriorating living conditions, and stressed that the country's needs "go beyond imagination."

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a tweet via Twitter, "This Ramadan, millions of people in Yemen do not have enough food," and called on donors to donate for the Yemenis, without further details.

On Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said that Yemen's needs are "enormous beyond imagination", in a message to Yemenis on the occasion of Ramadan.

And last week, the United Nations International Organization for Migration announced that more than 25.5 million Yemenis are now living below the poverty line, as a result of the repercussions of the war that has been going on for more than 7 years.

On Tuesday, the United Nations revealed that it had provided financial assistance to 40,000 displaced families during about 3 months in Yemen.


The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees stated, through its Twitter account, that many displaced people in Yemen depend on its cash assistance, to buy food and medicine, pay rent for housing and buy clothes.

Recently, the Yemeni government appealed to UN and international organizations to provide relief to many displaced people who are facing extremely difficult humanitarian conditions, as most of them do not have a source of income.

On March 16, the United Nations announced receiving financial pledges from 36 donors worth $1.3 billion for its humanitarian plan in Yemen for 2022, while it was seeking to obtain $4.27 billion, to reach 17.3 million people.


electricity

For its part, the Houthi group warned, on Tuesday, of an imminent interruption of electricity service in the capital, Sanaa (north) and Hodeidah (west), due to running out of fuel.

The General Electricity Corporation, which is under the control of the Houthis, stated, in a statement reported by the group's "Saba" agency, "the inability to supply hospitals, water pumps, and communication exchanges in the capital Sana'a, Hodeidah and some (unspecified) governorates."

The statement indicated that "there will be an imminent shutdown of the two power stations of Ras Dune (in Hodeidah) and Haziz (in Sanaa) because they run out of fuel."


truce?

And on Friday, the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced that the parties to the conflict had agreed to a two-month, extendable truce, with a previous welcome from the Saudi-led Arab coalition, government forces and the Houthis.

On Tuesday, the Arab Council called for transforming the truce that was recently reached between the conflicting Yemeni parties into a lasting peace.

In a statement, the President of the Council, Muhammad Al-Monsef Al-Marzouqi, welcomed the agreement and blessed the various components of the Yemeni people.

He said that "this important development temporarily halts the absurd proxy war that has exhausted Yemenis and caused great loss of life, massive destruction of infrastructure, famine, and a shortage of food and medicine."

The "Arab Council" is a non-governmental organization that brings together Arab personalities to defend the "Arab Spring" revolutions, consolidate democratic culture and exchange experiences and expertise in managing the transitional stages.


The fragile truce in war-torn Yemen has sent cautious optimism among many residents, who fear they will be disappointed again if they collapse as they struggle for survival.

In addition to stopping all military, land, air and sea operations, the agreement provided for two weekly commercial flights to and from Sanaa International Airport for the first time since 2016, and for 18 fuel ships to enter the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah (west).

The Yemeni government and the Houthis exchanged accusations of violating the truce, for the first time since the start of the two-month ceasefire.

The main fighting fronts seemed calm since the start of the truce, but Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak spoke on Tuesday of "violations".