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On November 8, a Yemeni delegation traveled to London to participate in the World Tourism Fair, which will take place November 10-13, 2008. Yemen’s Tourism Minister Nabil al-Faqi stated the necessity of Yemen’s participation, particularly in the face of tourism rates significantly declining since the attacks on the US Embassy in Sana’a. Al-Faqi explained Yemen’s [...]
A United States military jury in Guantanamo has sentenced a Yemeni man, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, to life in prison for war crimes and for making a propaganda video for al-Qaeda. He has been convicted of multiple charges, including conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material to terrorist organizations. There are a total of 35 [...]
Yemen is set to host the 12th Meeting of the Arab Constitutional Courts Union (ACCU) November 10-12, 2008. The meeting will be held in Sana’a. Esam al-Samawi, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, said in a statement to news agency Saba that the meeting will discuss key subjects in the field “of modernizing the [...]
The Emiriati DP World Group based in Dubai announced it has officially taken control over the container operations at Yemen’s port of Aden in a joint agreement with the Yemen Gulf of Aden Port Corporation. The agreement includes leasing the Aden Container Terminal and the nearby Ma’alla Container Terminal. It completes an attempt to invest [...]
The October flood that devastated Yemen, killing approximately 180 and leaving over 10,000 others homeless is projected to cost up to $1 billion. Damages include roads, houses and agriculture-all of which have been ruined. About 2000 houses are estimated to have been destroyed. The World Bank projected the figure after a group of donors met [...]
In the aftermath of the severe flooding that has taken approximately 200 lives, the United Nations has stepped in and taken an active role in providing support to the country and the approximately 10,000 homeless, displaced people. The UN Refugee Agency said it is very concerned about the widespread destruction, and according to UNHCR Spokesman [...]
Last week very heavy rainfall hit areas of Yemen and led to a disastrous flood killing an estimated 100 people, according to government sources. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees put the death toll higher, at 180, citing the country’s Ministry of Health. The agency also said about 2,000 homes had been destroyed, also citing [...]
Yemen’s unstable economy is undergoing even more hardships with the emigration of many Ethiopians and Eritreans. Yemen allows Somali refugees into the country, but recently many Ethiopians and Eritreans have been going through Somalia in order to get into Yemen. The emigrants have been a drain on the economy because many of the Ethiopians and [...]
In Yemen, hand-washing on a regular basis is not simply hygienic, but could be life-saving. Yemen is starting an initiative to encourage people to wash their hands, because statistics which find that diarrhoeal diseases account for 20—25 percent of the 84,000 annual deaths among children under five years old each year. UNICEF in Yemen claims that washing [...]
Yemen’s Deputy of Culture Ministry Sam al-Ahmar announced that Yemen will participate in the 27th Annual International Book Fair. The book fair will take place in Sharjah from October 17 through November 7, 2008. Approximately 400 pieces of literature from the most prominent Yemeni authors were selected to be part of the fair. All books selected highlight the individuality and uniqueness [...]
