UN warns the Security Council that Yemen is getting more violent
"Yemen is getting more violent, not less. The conflict is getting worse."
That was the stark message from the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs to the Security Council. He described the war in one of the world's poorest countries as "brutal and unwinnable".
The head of the World Food Programme also reported that his organisation was being prevented from feeding the hungriest people in Yemen. He said UN food aid was being diverted in areas controlled by the Houthi movement, officially known as Ansar Allah.
This report is from SABC News.