Yemen's Presidential Council Discusses with UN Envoy Renewal of Truce

Head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi with UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg (Saba)
Head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi with UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg (Saba)
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Yemen's Presidential Council Discusses with UN Envoy Renewal of Truce

Head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi with UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg (Saba)
Head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi with UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg (Saba)

Head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi has met UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg and his assistant, Muin Shreim, to discuss the Yemeni crisis and a possible renewal of the truce.

Alimi was briefed by the UN envoy regarding his recent local, regional, and international meetings. They also addressed the efforts to renew the truce and resume a comprehensive political process under the UN auspices.

In the meeting, the Chairman informed the UN envoy about the Houthi militias' violations of public rights and freedoms, their mobilization, and ongoing violations on various fronts, including their recent cross-border attacks.

Alimi affirmed the commitment of the Presidential Council and the government to support the efforts of the UN envoy following the terms of reference agreed upon nationally, regionally, and internationally.

The Yemeni official reiterated the need to pressure the Houthi militias to prioritize the Yemeni people's interests over the interests of their leaders.

He also called for pushing them to address the ongoing efforts to renew the truce seeking to alleviate human suffering and revive hope for restoring security and stability in the country.



WFP: Major Food Aid 'Scale-up' Underway to Famine-hit Sudan

FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
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WFP: Major Food Aid 'Scale-up' Underway to Famine-hit Sudan

FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa
FILED - 27 August 2024, Sudan, Omdurman: Young people walk along a street marked by destruction in Sudan. Photo: Mudathir Hameed/dpa

More than 700 trucks are on their way to famine-stricken areas of Sudan as part of a major scale-up after clearance came through from the Sudanese government, a World Food Program spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in conflict since April 2023 that has caused acute hunger and disease across the country. Both sides are accused of impeding aid deliveries, the RSF by looting and the army by bureaucratic delays.
"In total, the trucks will carry about 17,500 tons of food assistance, enough to feed 1.5 million people for one month," WFP Sudan spokesperson Leni Kinzli told a press briefing in Geneva.
"We've received around 700 clearances from the government in Sudan, from the Humanitarian Aid Commission, to start to move and transport assistance to some of these hard-to-reach areas," she added, saying the start of the dry season was another factor enabling the scale-up.
The WFP fleet will be clearly labelled in the hope that access will be facilitated, Reuters quoted her as saying.
Some of the food is intended for 14 areas of the country that face famine or are at risk of famine, including Zamzam camp in the Darfur region.
The first food arrived there on Friday prompting cheers from crowds of people who had resorted to eating crushed peanut shells normally fed to animals, Kinzli said.

A second convoy for the camp is currently about 300 km away, she said.