![Members of the World Food Programme (WFP) arrive to the Red Sea mills warehouse in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida on May 5, 2019. The World Food Programme said it gained access today to vital food aid on the outskirts of Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida a month after postponing its mission for security reasons. The Saudi-led coalition fighting on the side of the government accused the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels of denying a group from the UN agency access to the Red Sea mills warehouse in April.
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Members of the UN in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida on May 5, 2019. AFP
Members of the UN in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida on May 5, 2019. AFP
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Arthur MacMillan
11 May, 2019