Decline of ancient trade route deepens Yemeni food crisis
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Country: Yemen
The two-year-old civil war has severely restricted the flow of food into the main Yemeni cargo ports of Hodeidah and Salif on the Red Sea, while the country is on the brink of famine.
A two-year-old civil war has severely restricted the flow of food into the main Yemeni cargo ports of Hodeidah and Salif on the Red Sea
Dubai market one of Yemen's few lifelines
Import-dependent nation on brink of famine
Wooden dhows ply centuries-old trade route
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By Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, March 24 (Reuters) - Captains of small wooden dhows are carrying food and wares from the United Arab Emirates to war-torn Yemen. But supplies are falling even from this centuries-old Arabian sea route that is one of the last lifelines to a country on the brink of famine.
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