A poor and fragile country like Yemen cannot make independent decisions or escape the effects of the many disagreements around it. While Yemen did not…
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At the beginning of March 2013, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sanaa warned that more than 2 million children between…
Whenever we find ourselves strapped for cash, my closest friend in Yemen — an American citizen — and I joke that I should arrange for…
A rushed and flawed national dialogue is setting Yemen up for more problems rather than finally solving them, writes Farea Al Muslimi. More than a…
On March 8, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi conducted a security and government reshuffle targeting certain important ministries and security agencies. The decree sacked…
One of Yemen’s worst and most common political habits is forming commissions. As soon as some issue or problem emerges, the president or prime minister rushes to…
Yemen is a maritime nation par excellence. Although its surface area is less than 600,000 square kilometers (231,661 square miles), it has a 2,200-kilometer (1,367-mile)…
Since the start of the decade, Yemen — the country, its entities and individuals — has seen one split after another. There have been horizontal and…
Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi has a good shot at re-election in 2015, but does he have a plan? A few days after one of the…
On Feb. 26, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution threatening sanctions against those who hinder Yemen’s political transition. The resolution didn’t identify or blacklist individuals, but…
