Published on 23 May 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in News
- NDC participant Mohammed Salem Akkosh is still being held by Nihm tribe despite ongoing tribal and official mediation. Akkosh was taken in 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday by the tribes while he was on his way to Al-Mahra. He was supposed to be with the National Dialogue team visiting Al-Mahra but missed the flight so decided to catch up with them on his own. He was taken in by the tribe while he was driving through the outskirts of Sana’a.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Samar Al-Ariqi in News
SANA’A, May 22 — Following the release of a presidential decree that ordered the transformation of the Military Compound Division into a public park, dozens of First Armored Division soldiers have started protesting on the site.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
SANA’A, May 22 — Starting on Tuesday, the cleaning and painting campaign of the streets in Tahrir square have been going on under the patronage of Tahrir district manager.
Al-Qaeda takes a bite at the NDCPublished on 23 May 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News
SANA’A, May 22 — A lecture by the Mamoon Hatem, an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader from Ibb governorate has been uploaded to the popular website and has been receiving hundreds of views.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
ADEN, May 22 — On Tuesday night, former-president Ali Salem Al-Beidh gave a televised speech from London, broadcast on Channel Aden Live, calling for an escalation of strikes and civil disobedience ahead of Wednesday’s Unity Day, the annual celebration of the joining of North and South Yemen in 1990.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Jamie S. Gorelick and William P. Barr in Opinion
Following the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained the telephone records of Associated Press journalists, The A.P. and other news organizations have sharply criticized the action as investigative overreaching and unwarranted interference with the ability of journalists to report on government operations.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in Opinion
“If you want peace,” runs the Latin expression, “prepare for war.” It is an idea Yemen's president Abdrabbu Mansur Hadi, as a career military man, ought to know well. In the modern context of Yemen it applies most to the “Southern question” - again, a topic the president should know well, as both a Southerner and a long-time vice-president.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in Report
As you read this, participants at the National Dialogue Conference are preparing to redraft Yemen’s constitution. Twenty-three years ago, another constitution was signed into effect.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Nasser Al-Sakkaf in Report
Following the unification of North and South Yemen in 1990, all school curricula were integrated and unity-related lessons introduced.
Wounds from last year’s attack still freshPublished on 23 May 2013 by Sara Al-Zawqari in Report
The photographed faces of young soldiers flutter in the wind on the wide avenue of Al-Sabeen in Sana’a. Each one of these men is dead, killed in a suicide bombing that struck this main thoroughfare in the capital last year.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Samar Qaed in Culture
Prior to unification, the North and the South of Yemen had completely different cultures. What happened when the country became one? Have the cultures butted against each other, intermingled or integrated into one coherent whole since unity?
Unity Day: What does it mean to you?Published on 23 May 2013 by Amal Al-Yarisi in Variety
On May 22 in 1990, the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen in the South, and the Yemen Arab Republic in the North, became a unified country, called the Republic of Yemen. Since then, Yemenis throughout the country have celebrated Unity Day every year. Flags are hoisted on the streets, shopping centers’ doors are painted and many people host small family gatherings at their home.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Nadia Al-Sakkaf in View Point
This is the 23rd anniversary of the national unity achieved in 1990. Judging by the atmosphere across the country this celebration is more of a political stance rather than a celebration of a national event. There are those with, and those against, and the ones in between are just happy that there is a day off.
