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World Food Programme terminates all staff contracts in Yemen: UN official

World Food Programme terminates all staff contracts in Yemen: UN official. [File, Courtesy]

The World Food Programme is ending the contracts of all 365 staff in Houthi-controlled Yemen, a UN official told AFP on Thursday, effectively ending operations in a zone gravely afflicted by hunger.

The United Nations agency suspended work in rebel-held areas in late August after the Iran-backed Houthis detained 38 employees in a series of raids, the official said, requesting anonymity.

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