Yemen’s unseen economic war is killing children by stealth | Kevin Watkins

The Saudi-led coalition is strangling the economy as well as bombing the country. Desperate Yemeni families need more than just aid

• Kevin Watkins is chief executive of Save the Children UK

In an overcrowded nutrition clinic at Alsalkhana hospital in Hodeidah, one of Yemen’s largest cities, around 30 anxious mothers wait with resigned patience to have their children weighed and measured.

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