Armed manifestation to be removed as of Saturday

The Military Affaires Committee approved on Wednesday the withdrawal of military units and armed militias from the streets of the governorates as from Saturday 17 December 2011.

Yemen’s Prime Minister Says New Cabinet to Be Formed in ‘Days’

Yemen’s Mohamed Salem Basindwah, who was chosen to lead a national unity government after President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to relinquish power, said a new cabinet will be formed within “days.”

Germany imposes asset freeze on Yemeni officials

Sahwa Net- Germany has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on some senior Yemeni officials, Gulf media reports said. The reports said that some of those officials are receiving treatment in Berlin.

Yemen to hold Presidential Election Next Feb

The Yemeni Vice President issued a decree to hold an early presidential election in Feb 21, 2012.  This decision comes only few days after signing the GCC power-transfer deal by Saleh and opposition leaders in Riyadh.

Increase in Yemen's oil revenues and decline in local consumption

An official report said that Yemen's crude oil revenues reached $2.7 billion for the period January through September, 2011; showing a significant increase from $1.9 billion for the same period in 2010.  A recent report issued by Yemen Central Bank shows the bulk of exported oil values is used for purchasing petroleum productions through Aden refinery. 

HRW calls for freezing the assets of Yemen's Saleh and his aides

The Yemeni revolutionaries welcomed Human Rights Watch's call for freezing the assets and placing a travel ban on president Saleh and his top aides as pro-Saleh forces committed crimes and human rights violation during the uprising. The Yemeni revolutionaries called on all international organizations concerned with human rights to help them prosecute and impose sanctions on Saleh and his top aides.

Deadly protests continue in Yemen despite deal

Heavy fighting between rival army units shook Yemen's capital Friday, killing two soldiers in what could signal the start of a power struggle just days after autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to end his 33-year rule.

Main Points of GCC implementation mechanism

The Yemeni President and the opposition leaders signed the GCC power-transfer deal and its implementation mechanism on Wednesday in Riyadh.


The mechanism stipulates that a national unity government shall be formed within 14 days from the date of signature; the JMP to nominate a candidate who will chair the new-formed government; the ministerial portfolio should be divided on a fifty-fifty basis between the GPC and the JMP; forming a ministerial committee for security and defense affairs within 14 days chaired by Vice President and will have the tasks of restructuring and solving all matters related to  the armed and security forces; the new-formed government shall form a ministerial committee to conduct dialogue with the youth in change squares and civil society organization; holding an early presidential elections within 90 days of signing the deal and Hadi shall be nominated as a consensus presidential candidate; the parliament to convene within 30 days and approve the immunity blank to President Saleh and all those worked under his office as stipulated in the GCC power-transfer deal.


The second phase of the implementation mechanism lasts for two years and it stipulates forming an inclusive national dialogue conference of all effective parties in Yemen, which will address all issues related to creating a new Yemen.

Yemen's Saleh warns opposition not to fail GCC power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday warned his opponents against risks if they renege on commitment to implement the Gulf-brokered deal for transfer power, two days after he signed it in Saudi's Riyadh in return for immunity.

Red Cross says staff kidnapped in Yemen released

The International Committe of the Red Cross says three aid workers have been released after being held by armed insurgents for two days in Yemen's restive south. The Geneva-based body says a foreign ICRC delegate, her Yemeni driver and a staff member of the Yemeni Red Crescent returned to Aden on Thursday.