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Yemen Yemen
Official Name: The Republic of Yemen
Region: Western Asia, Southwestern point of the Arabian Peninsula
Bordering Countries:
Capital: Sana‘a
- Flag of Yemen.
Official language: Arabic
Area: 527,829 km2 (50th) (203,796 sq miles)
Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
Internet TLD: .ye | Calling code: 967
Yemen Links
BBC News - Yemen profile - Overview
Wikipedia - Yemen
- Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
- Sunday 19 December 2010
December 19, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The United States has attempted to stop Sudan being used as a transit for Iranian arms en route to the Islamist Palestinian Hamas movement via Egypt, according to leaked documents from US embassies. (...)
- Wednesday 20 March 2013
March 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan languished at the lower end of the latest Human Development Index (HDI) published recently by the United Nations, ranking 171 out of 187 countries included world-wide.
While the ranking puts Sudan (...)
- Wednesday 20 July 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
July 19, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Over 30 members of the Eritrean naval forces have deserted to Yemen this month, an exiled Eritrean opposition group have said.
Based in Ethiopia, the Red Sea Afar Democratic (...)
- Monday 26 December 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
December 25, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has asked for USD$2.6 million to repatriate thousands of Ethiopians stranded in Yemen.
The organisation had been assisting to (...)
- Friday 5 October 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
October 4, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - An exiled Eritrean opposition political organization has denounced what it said was a “security arrangement” between Eritrea and Yemen to deport thousands of Eritrean refugees, most (...)
- Wednesday 22 June 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle.
June 21, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government has begun evacuating its nationals from Yemen as violence in the Gulf country escalates.
A first group of Ethiopians landed late Monday night in the capital, (...)
- Sunday 14 November 2010
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 13, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed grave concern on the situation of hundreds of illegal African migrants, mainly Ethiopians, who remain stranded at the (...)
- Tuesday 28 February 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 27, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is seeking exile in Ethiopia as tens of thousands of Yemenis on Monday marched in the capital Sannaa demanding the former leader be (...)
- Monday 5 November 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 4, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Thousands of economic migrants from the Horn of Africa are increasingly being exposed to violence in the gulf nation of Yemen, a new report uncovers.
The report released this week (...)
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