UNITED NATIONS: The World Food Programme has reached an agreement in principle with Yemen's Huthi rebels to resume food aid to areas they control, the agency's chief said on Thursday .
"I can say that we have made substantial progress," he said during a meeting to discuss Yemen, in which he joined UN humanitarian officials in underlining the dire humanitarian situation in the country. While warning of a"dire and worsening humanitarian situation," UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said a fragile ceasefire in the key port of Hodeida"may finally allow us to focus on the political process before the end of this summer."Mark Lowcock, the UN's humanitarian chief, said that international commitments of aid to Yemen weren't being honored.
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