Τετάρτη 27 Δεκεμβρίου 2017

Wednesday, December 27th., 2017Was Yemen the Most Important Story of 2017 and Why Was it Under-Reported?

  • Wednesday, December 27th., 2017 

  • Was Yemen the Most Important Story of 2017 and Why Was it Under-Reported?
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  •  People carry the body of a woman they recovered from under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2017
    2017 was a year which was dominated by the new US President Donald Trump, a General Election in the UK and the ongoing Brexit negotiations, terror attacks in Britain, and the crisis in North Korea. But why did Yemen not get a look in, considering it is the biggest humanitarian disaster on the planet?
    The year's news was dominated by the shockwaves produced by the new US President, Donald Trump, who was in the headlines for his clashes with Kim Jong-un, his demands for increased NATO spending, his trashing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and his support for Jerusalem becoming the capital of Israel.
    Brexit and its ramifications, including a bungled snap general election called by Theresa May, dominated headlines in the UK while terror attacks and a general sense of paranoia spread across Europe, the United States and even as far as Australia.
    In Iraq the war against Daesh was officially declared to be over earlier this month while the movement, also known as ISIS, has all but been driven out of Syria too and the government of President Bashar al-Assad has regained control of most of the country.  
    ​Project Censored published a list of 25 stories which had been under-reported or even covered up by the mainstream media in the US.
    21 Million Yemenis In Need of Humanitarian Assistance
    But there is one story which has not been given the news coverage in mainstream media that it surely deserves — the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
    According to the UNHCR, there are now 1,439,100 internally displaced people in Yemen and it is 82 per cent of Yemen's population — a total of 21.2 million people — is in need of humanitarian assistance.
    In this photo taken on Thursday, Jun 29, 2017, an elderly woman is treated for suspected cholera infection in a tent at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jul. 1, 2017
    © AP Photo/ Hani Mohammed
    In this photo taken on Thursday, Jun 29, 2017, an elderly woman is treated for suspected cholera infection in a tent at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jul. 1, 2017
    Around 320,000 children are severely malnourished and 14 million people are worried about where they will get their next meal. Three million children and pregnant or nursing mothers are in need of treatment and almost two million children are not receiving an education because of the war.
    Islamic Relief, a UK charity which raises money to help refugees in Yemen, said Thursday, December 21, had been the 1,000th day of the conflict.....

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