to strengthen the power of king film on. one else south of saudi arabia to yemen the united nations says seven million yemenis could face starvation and death if it is not allowed into the country now that stark warning comes after the saudi led coalition backing yemen s government tightened its air land and sea blockade around the war torn nation. conditions for yemenis have been dire for months now they re even worse. the united nations says more than a third of the population has barely any access to food supplies the u.n. emergency relief coordinator appealed to the international community it will not be like a famine which cost two hundred fifty thousand people their lives in somalia in twenty eleven. it will be the largest famine the world to see for many decades with millions of victims there s almost no access to clean water and