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Dutch couple 'disappears' in Yemen, said kidnapped

Agence France-PresseJune 15, 2013 18:57
A Dutch couple living in Yemen disappeared in Sanaa, police said on Saturday, with press reports saying they had been kidnapped. "The police commissariat in Sanaa learned on Saturday of the disappearance a few days ago of a Dutchman and his wife," a security official said on condition of anonymity. Press reports said the couple, who had not been seen for three days, had been abducted. The Yemeni daily Al-Yemen al-Youm, mouthpiece of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, reported that "unknown men kidnapped" the couple, without giving further details.

Yemen begins new national talks as Hadi hails progress

Agence France-PresseJune 8, 2013 12:35
Yemen began the second round of its national dialogue in Sanaa on Saturday, as President Abrabuh Mansur Hadi hailed progress made in talks in March. The UN-backed dialogue aims to draft a new constitution and preparing for elections in 2014, after a two-year transition led by Hadi. Saturday's dialogue was held as part of the UN-brokered deal that eased former strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after an 11-month uprising against his 33-year rule.

Yemen frees 17 activists held since Saleh-era

Agence France-PresseJune 6, 2013 18:49
Yemeni authorities released on Thursday 17 of 58 political activists held since the 2011 uprising against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an AFP correspondent witnessed in Sanaa. As they came out of the central prison's compound, youth activists who have been pressing for their release raised their hands chanting: "Revolt, revolt -- it will go on." The former detainees quickly left with their families, who had been waiting outside.

Saboteurs blow up Yemen oil pipeline

Agence France-PresseMay 24, 2013 08:46
Saboteurs blew up a section of Yemen's main oil pipeline on Friday, partly disrupting output, the defence ministry and a local official said. The attack struck in the Sarwaj district of Marib province, east of the capital, the ministry said in a statement. A local official told AFP that engineers had been sent to the area to try to restore the flow of oil on the 320-kilometre (200-mile) pipeline from the Safer field to the Red Sea port of Hodeida. The pipeline has been hit repeatedly by saboteurs, with two attacks last month alone.

Ousted Yemen president's son leaves army, named envoy

April 10, 2013 16:02
Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Wednesday named the eldest son of ousted dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, state television reported. With the decision, Ahmed Abdullah Saleh is to leave the army and a rival of his, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, becomes adviser to the president for military and security affairs, said the television. In December, Hadi dramatically restructured the military to curb the influence of those linked to the toppled strongman.

Yemen president removes key officer in army shakeup - TV

April 10, 2013 16:02
By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control. The television read out orders by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointing Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is the son of Hadi's predecessor, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

Ex-Yemeni president in Saudi for treatment

April 2, 2013 07:01
Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been accused of meddling in his country's fragile political transition, was in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for treatment, a Yemeni diplomat said. Saleh arrived for medical tests and treatment in the Saudi capital on Monday, his party, General People's Congress (GPC), said. He spent time recovering in a Riyadh hospital in June 2011 after an attack on his compound left him seriously wounded.

South Yemen leaders push for participation in national talks

March 10, 2013 05:00
South Yemen leaders vowed at a meeting in Dubai to continue talks on participating in a national dialogue this month to end the country's political crisis, as a separatist faction withdrew from the meeting. "We have decided to continue the meetings to make a decision on our participation" in the UN-brokered talks which will begin on March 18, said Salem Saleh Mohammed on Sunday. He did not say where the meetings would be held. Southern leaders met in Dubai late on Saturday in a gathering attended by UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar.

UN envoy to meet south Yemen leaders before dialogue

March 8, 2013 11:46
UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar will meet leaders from the Southern Movement, a separatist group, ahead of a national dialogue that some of them aim to boycott, an aide said said in Dubai on Friday. "Mr Benomar meets Southern Movement leaders in Dubai on Saturday as part of consultations with all Yemeni parties" before a national dialogue is to begin on March 18, Abderrahim Saber said. Saber said various factions of the movement, including that of secessionist Ali Salem al-Baid, have "confirmed their presence for the meeting."

Saleh-era officials agree to appear at Yemen bombing trial

March 5, 2013 08:01
A Yemeni court lifted a freeze on the assets of two former security chiefs on Tuesday after they finally agreed to appear in court over a deadly 2012 suicide bombing in Sanaa, the judge told AFP. It was not immediately clear whether the two men, both appointees of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, would face charges over the bombing, which rocked the capital shortly after the veteran strongman was forced from power, or would merely be required to testify. "We have cancelled the asset freeze after the two men ended their defiance of the court," judge Hilal Mahfal told AFP.
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