Chicago - Pa May 9, 2017, kuyambira 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Voices for Creative Nonviolence ndi World Beyond War Omenyera ufulu wa anthu achita nawo kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi chithandizo chankhondo komanso njala ku Yemen. Pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizo chofufuzira, anthu atha "kuwononga" ndalama zophiphiritsira zamatabwa kuti athandize Yemenis kuthetsa njala kapena kutsogolera "ndalama" zawo kuti apitirize kuthandizira makontrakitala ankhondo omwe akutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, kupyolera mu zaka ziwiri za airstrikes ndi blockade, achulutsa mikangano ku Yemen ndipo ikukulirakulira pafupi ndi njala.
Yosakazidwa ndi nkhondo, yotsekedwa ndi nyanja, ndipo nthawi zonse imayang'aniridwa ndi Saudi ndi US airstrikes, Yemen tsopano ili pafupi ndi njala yathunthu.
Yemen pakali pano ikuwonongedwa ndi mkangano wankhanza, ndi kupanda chilungamo ndi nkhanza kumbali zonse. Anthu opitilira 10,000 aphedwa, kuphatikiza Ana a 1,564, ndipo anthu mamiliyoni ambiri achotsedwa m’nyumba zawo. UNICEF ziwerengero kuti ana oposa 460,000 ku Yemen akukumana ndi vuto la kupereŵera kwa zakudya m’thupi, pamene ana 3.3 miliyoni ndi amayi apakati kapena oyamwitsa akuvutika ndi vuto la kupereŵera kwa zakudya m’thupi. Mgwirizano wothandizidwa ndi US motsogozedwa ndi Saudi ukukakamizanso kutseka kwa nyanja kumadera omwe akuwukira zigawenga. Yemen imaitanitsa 90% ya chakudya chake; chifukwa cha kutsekeka, mitengo ya chakudya ndi mafuta ikukwera ndipo kusowa kuli pamavuto. Pomwe ana aku Yemeni akuvutika ndi njala, opanga zida za US, kuphatikiza General Dynamics, Raytheon, ndi Lockheed Martin, akupindula ndi kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia.
Panthawi yovutayi, anthu aku US akuyenera kuyitanitsa oimira awo omwe adawasankha kuti alimbikitse kutha kwa kutsekereza ndi kuwukira kwa ndege, kuletsa mfuti zonse, ndikukambirana kuthetseratu nkhondo ku Yemen.
Pamene Congress ikupuma, ino ndi nthawi yabwino yoyitanitsa oyimilira osankhidwa ndikuwalimbikitsa kuti agwirizane ndi anzawo m'makalata opita ku:
- Mlembi wa boma a Tillerson akufunsa kuti Dipatimenti Yoona za Boma igwire ntchito mwachangu ndi ogwira nawo ntchito kuti anyengerere omenyera nkhondo kuti alole magulu opereka chithandizo kuti awonjezere mwayi wopereka chithandizo chofunikira kumadera omwe ali pachiwopsezo.
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- kwa Prince Mohammed bin Khalid, Unduna wa Zachitetezo ku Saudi Arabia, kulimbikitsa kuti doko lofunika kwambiri la Yemeni la Hodeida litetezedwe kunkhondo.
