RSS feed for Yemen 
Search Wikipedia for YemenFeatured stories about Yemen
Yemen: Millions Go Hungry in Ongoing Food Crisis
In Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, millions of people are facing a severe humanitarian crisis, widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition. New figures from the World Food Programme indicate that 45 percent of the population do not have enough to eat.
Yemen: How Many Women Have Been Subject to Sexual Harassment?
An article published in pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat on May 2, claiming that 90% of Yemeni women have been subject to sexual harassment, has caused a stir online.
-
Yemen: Remembering the Friday of Dignity 18 March 2012
-
Yemen: All Set for the One Man Presidential Election 20 February 2012
-
Yemen: A Year of an Unfinished Revolution 12 February 2012
-
Yemen: Saleh Gets Impunity After All 22 January 2012
-
Yemen: January 12, a Day Without Qat 12 January 2012
Latest stories about Yemen
14 May 2012
15 April 2012
Sweden: Visiting Rinkeby, Stockholm's Immigrant Ghetto
The Rinkeby district of Stockholm, Sweden is famous for its high concentration of immigrants. Curious outsiders have documented their visits.
21 March 2012
Arab World: Netizens Turn to Twitter to Complain About Dust
A massive sandstorm hit the Gulf region, disrupting air traffic in Yemen, and closing schools in Saudi Arabia. Netizens from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar turned to Twitter to complain.
27 February 2012
Yemen: Hadi President After 33 Years of Saleh
After 33 long years of Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, Yemen finally inaugurated today a new President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, for the transitional phase, following a whole year of protests. Hadi had assumed his position as president according to a GCC-brokered power deal which made him the sole consensus presidential candidate in the one man election, in which he won 99.8 per cent of the votes.
8 February 2012
6 February 2012
Yemen: Yemeni Protesters Greet Saleh With a Shoe in New York
Yemenis in New York threw a shoe in the direction of outgoing Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they say should be standing before the International Criminal Court and not staying at Manhattan's Luxury Ritz Carlton Hotel. Noon Arabia sums up Yemeni netizen reactions to Saleh's stay in New York.
15 January 2012
Video Highlights: Activism, Freedom of Speech, Identity and Culture
A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories including video from Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, Western, Eastern and Central Europe, East Asia and Latin America, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.
11 January 2012
Global Voices in French: Translators' Choice 2011
In 2011, volunteer translators at Global Voices in French translated hundreds of articles and updates on world events and we'd like to say "'Merci!". We've asked them which translation struck them most, during this epic year. Here is the French translators' selection!
10 January 2012
Yemen: Saleh Gets Away With Murder…He Gets Immunity
The Yemeni Cabinet endorsed [December 8] a draft law which grants legal immunity to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh based on the GCC agreement, despite nationwide protests demanding Saleh's trial for the killing of protesters. The draft law now has to be rubber stamped by Parliament to become law. Netizens react with anger and disappointment.
·
read »
Thank you Steve for your comment. Hopefully 2012 will bring us reasons to believe in a better future.
Dear Friends, Recall the words of a poet. For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another...