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December 13, 2018

Yemen: Hodeidah Ceasefire Declared
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In breaking news on Yemen, a ceasefire has been reached for the
strategic port city of Hodeidah. This comes on the final day of peace
talks in Sweden between representatives of the Houthi rebel movement and
members of Yemen's Saudi-backed government. U.N. Secretary-General
António Guterres has described the move as an important step. The
U.S.-backed Saudi war has devastated Yemen. A new report says half of
Yemen's 28 million people are now "food insecure," with 5 million people
in an "emergency" hunger situation and 65,000 in a "catastrophe" hunger
situation-the most severe phase.


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