HODEIDAH remains the most dangerous place for Yemeni civilians a year after a ceasefire agreement aimed at allowing aid to reach the people there was signed, NGOs have warned today.

Fifteen aid agencies, including the Danish Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee, are angered over the rising death toll.

Nearly 800 civilians have been killed in the port city since the Stockholm Agreement, which was supposed to allow food and aid safely through Hodeidah, was signed by Houthi and Saudi Arabian officials in December 2018.

But the agencies say that progress on peace in the city is slow, with almost a quarter of all civilian casualties in Yemen this year being recorded in the Hodeidah governorate.