Yemen Crisis: 24 million people are in need of humanitarian aid With the ongoing conflict in Yemen already one of the poorest countries in the region tens of thousands of lives have been lost and over 20 million people dont know where their next meal will come from. A country crippled by conflict is sadly now on the brink of famine. With families facing ongoing armed conflict, displacement, disease and economic decline, an estimated 24 million people (80% of the countrys population) are now in need of humanitarian aid to survive a figure so high that it is in fact the highest across the globe.