Conflict between coalition factions endangered Aden residents to hunger
ADEN, July 1 (YPA) – The effects of the ongoing conflict between the Saudi-led coalition factions in Aden and others southern provinces have extended negatively on food, exposing millions to hunger and forcing them to stand in long queue to get some breads.
The armed conflict raging in Aden and the cities of the south further the suffering of citizens in addition to the deterioration of basic services and general conditions. A new suffering bread crisis hit the city of Aden, after its prices increased unprecedentedly.
The rise in the price of bread in Aden comes three months after Bakers hike price of bread, coinciding with the spread of queues in front of bakeries and ovens working for food, bread and roti.
The bread crisis in Aden comes after a suspicious disappearance of flour from the wholesale markets of food and basic goods nearly a month ago, amid concerns from multiple authorities about the political conflict.
Bakeries operating in Aden attributed the high selling price of bread to the lack of flour from the markets and an increase in the price of flour by 1,000 riyals at once.
“After his disappearance from the market, the price of flour (flour) rose to 14,650 riyals per bag, 50 kilograms, up from 13,650 riyals a month ago,” said bakers.
The lack of flour and high prices has also caused a number of bakeries in Aden to stop working, as workers in bakeries have demanded an increase in their wages, and a number of them have been on strike.
The price of bread in Aden rose to 50 riyals per loaf, sparking a state of discontent and anger, which threatens to escalate anger over the administrative and service breakdowns in Aden due to the conflict.
Citizens in Aden have expressed their refusal to raise the price of bread, the basic and daily food of the citizens.
They demanded that “the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and Hadi’s government to pay attention to their duties of the state in meeting the basic needs of citizens.”
“Difficult living conditions could not bear further suffering,” the citizens said. They demand that “those who want to govern their responsibility towards citizens and meet their service and food needs only prove their responsibility.”
Observers expect the situation to worsen further in the face of the administrative and service breakdowns in Aden and the southern provinces, as a result of the continuing power struggle between the STC militia and Hadi’s government.
E.M