Why the south of Yemen is key to its stalled peace talks
The collapse of the latest round of U.N.-sponsored peace talks on Yemen, which the Houthi movement, in control of much of the country’s north, failed to attend, comes at a time of escalating political instability and hardship. While most international attention is focused on the Saudi-led coalition’s siege of the critical Yemeni port of Hodeida, important developments in the south demand more attention.
The Southern Transitional Council (STC), the south’s de facto government, this month called for an uprising against the UAE- and Saudi-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, blaming his cabinet for the famine throughout the country. Protests over economic conditions swept through the southern part of Yemen, as residents demanded the resignation of the prime minister, whom they accused of high-level corruption and embezzling state funds.… Seguir leyendo »