Helen Lackner

Helen Lackner is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She has worked in all parts of Yemen since the 1970s and lived there for close to 15 years. She has written about the country’s political economy as well as social and economic issues. She works as a freelance rural development consultant in Yemen and elsewhere. Her recent books include 'Yemen in Crisis, the road to war' (Verso, 2019), US Paperback updated version of Yemen in Crisis: autocracy, neo-liberalism and the disintegration of a state (Saqi, London, 2017) winner of the 2018 'Grand Prix de la Recherche' section of the 'Grand Prix of Literary Association

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With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov’ts still Back Saudi War

Helen Lackner

( OpenDemocracy.net ) – Two months ago, with the war in Yemen entering its seventh year, the UN secretary general, in his appeal to funders at the annual pledging conference, reminded everyone that “More than 16 million people [in the country] are expected to go hungry this year. Nearly 50,000 Yemenis are already starving to […]