Why don't we care about Yemen?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Three million people in Yemen have been forced from their homes, and the dead are estimated to number many tens of thousands. But, compared to similar conflicts, global attention has been slight. The Inquiry asks why. It explores how the media has told the Yemeni story, and the impact valuable arms sales have had on international pressure – or the lack of it – to bring the conflict to an end. There are other factors too. The conflict in Yemen has created countless refugees, but they have not fled beyond the country’s borders. And Yemen’s divisive history has created a diaspora community that struggles to speak with one voice. What will it take to shine a brighter light on Yemen?
Presenter: Kavita Puri Producer: Rosamund Jones
(A woman holds her baby who is suffering from severe malnutrition, in Marib, Yemen, December 2018. Photo Credit: Said Ibicioglu/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Linda and I'm Mercy. |
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| 0:31.6 | This is the inquiry on the BBC World Service with me, Kavita Puri. |
| 0:38.0 | Each week, one question, four expert witnesses, and an answer. |
| 0:44.0 | A three-year-old boy lies silently on a hospital bed in the town of Kudja in Yemen. |
| 0:54.6 | He's fighting for breath. |
| 0:56.8 | His bones are protruding. |
| 0:59.6 | His father stands over him watching anxiously. He's already lost a son to the epidemic of hunger. |
| 1:07.0 | Now he fears his second boy is slipping away. He can no longer buy even a stale piece of bread to feed his family |
| 1:16.5 | as prices are rising so fast. That's why he says, my children are dying before my eyes. |
| 1:25.0 | This little boy is one of over 10 million people |
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