Houthis and Yemeni Government Agree To End Economic Hostilities, Expand Yemenia Flights
July 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of Arab News, a report that Yemen’s internationally recognized government has reached an agreement with the Houthis, facilitated by Saudi Arabia, to lift economic sanctions and increase the number of Yemenia Airways flights from Houthi-held Sanaa: UN’s special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, welcomes deal and acknowledges ‘significant role’ of Saudi Arabia in achieving […]
Read more »Yemen Economy Collapses as Talks Fail to Restore Truce
October 3rd, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on Yemen’s increasingly distressed economy: Food shortages, power cuts and a collapsing currency are upending daily life in Yemen as peace talks make no headway in restoring a ceasefire that lapsed one year ago, around 50 NGOs said late Monday. “While economic challenges are rife across the country, rising inflation […]
Read more »Yemen Speciality Coffee ‘Wave’ Sweeps War-Hit Capital
July 28th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the revitalization of Yemen’s coffee industry: Tucked amid shell-pocked buildings and roadside tributes to fallen fighters, a less obvious byproduct of wartime is spreading across Yemen’s capital: speciality coffee houses serving steaming cups of top-rated pour-over. The Arabian Peninsula’s most impoverished country, locked in an eight-year conflict between […]
Read more »‘Economic Warfare’: Yemenis Struggle Despite Ease In Fighting
June 26th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at Yemen’s dire economic circumstances: At a livestock market in war-battered Yemen, goats and sheep meant to be slaughtered for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday are happily munching on hay, instead of leaving with a buyer. The market trader Eiad al-Alimi expected better business this year, following a lull in […]
Read more »Getting Modern Internet to Yemen
June 1st, 2023
Via The Wilson Center, commentary on the need to get modern internet to Yemen: Yemen has the worst internet access in the world. In 2023, Starlink agreed on a preliminary contract to provide satellite internet in Aden. Initial results were remarkable, but there is a long way before a full license is reached. I still […]
Read more »Saudi Tries Rebuilding A ‘Destroyed’ Yemen
May 17th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at Saudi efforts to rebuild Yemen: The hospital in southern Yemen was decked out with roses and red carpet runners last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in its cardiac wing, newly refurbished with Saudi funds. Many patients, however, had been cleared from the air-conditioned lobby and forced to wait for […]
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