The UK government has provoked a storm of condemnation after more than halving its aid to Yemen, where hundreds of thousands are living in famine conditions and millions more are short of food. James Cleverly, the Middle East minister, announced at a UN donor conference on Monday that UK aid would fall to £87m, from £214m in 2020. The UN had been seeking a total of $3.85bn (£2.76bn) in assistance for Yemen. The move was immediately met with.
UK Arm Sales to Saudi Arabia Are Prolonging War in Yemen: Oxfam
The conflict in Yemen is quite literally being fuelled by the UK, according to Oxfam.
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The UN’s Global Goals aim to end extreme poverty and its root causes by 2030. But in Yemen, a brutal civil war has decimated health systems, provoked widespread hunger, and killed almost 250,000 people violence prolonged, according to Oxfam, by the UK selling weapons to the Saudi-led coalition involved in the conflict. Join our movement to learn more about these crises and
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Scotland editor
THE Scottish Greens have called on Scotland to end all cash grants and support for companies profiting from the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen.
Ministers have been urged to follow the US and commit to ending all financial support for the Saudi Arabian military’s bombing campaign on its neighbours.
The UK government has refused to curb arms sales itself, despite evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Saudi forces, including the bombing of hospitals and funerals.
But the Scottish government has been urged to take responsibility for its own hand in the attacks on Yemen, support and funding from Scottish Enterprise, a government agency.