Yemen fighting displaces 71,000 children, worsens malnutrition: UNICEF

More than a quarter of the nearly 2,900 children screened by the UN children’s agency in recent weeks were acutely malnourished.Published On 25 Sep 202625 Sep 2026Fighting in Yemen is disrupting access to healthcare and treatment centres, causing a rise in acute malnutrition among children, the ⁠United Nations children’s agency has said.Yemen’s UNICEF country representative, Akhil Iyer, told reporters at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Friday that hunger and malnutrition are afflicting an ever-increasing number of children in Yemen, as violence escalates in the country.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Yemeni forces say they repel Houthi attacks in Taiz as fighting rageslist 2 of 4Rubio warns of Iraq ‘Balkanisation’: Is that a real threat?list 3 of 4Saudi-led coalition says shot down 6 ballistic missiles launched by Houthislist 4 of 4Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Israel’s enemies and allies in UN speechend of listIyer said that 71,000 children are among the nearly 130,000 people displaced in Yemen over the past three weeks, most of whom were uprooted from or within the southwestern governorate of Taiz.“Conflict drives hunger, and hunger makes children more vulnerable t...