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Yemen: chronology

   

Yemen timeline (BBC)

Yemen timeline 
Graphic covering the period 1900-1990 (University of Texas library)

Timeline of Yemen history (Wikipedia)

Timeline 1990-2006 (Global Intregrity)

Yemen chronology 
A brief listing of events, 1962-2004 (Le Monde Diplomatique)

Rulers of Yemen  
List of rulers of north and south Yemen since 861 AD, including British governors of Aden (worldstatesment.org)

Modern chronology of Mahram Bilqis (University of Calgary)


Chronology of recent events

This is a chronological listing of English-language news items referring to Yemen during a crucial period of itsd development. The listings show publication date, source, headline, number of words. A few items contain direct links to the relevant text, though in most cases copyright rules prevent this.

Most of the newspaper sources can be searched in major libraries. Alternatively, the text - for both newspapers and news agencies - can be found in commercial databases such as FT Profile and Lexis/Nexis. If you have difficulty locating a listed article you are welcome to contact us.

  

1987 (Jan-Dec)

1988 (Jan-Dec)

1989 (Jan-Dec)

1990 (Jan-Dec)

1991 (Jan-Dec)

1992 (Jan-Dec)

1993 (Jan-July)

1993 (Aug-Dec)

1994 (Jan-Apr)

1994 (May)

1994 (June)

1994 (July)

1994 (Aug-Dec)

1995 (Jan-Jun)

1995 (Jul-Dec)

1996 (Jan-Jul)

1996 (Aug-Dec)

1997 (Jan-Apr)

1997 (May-Aug)

1997 (Sep-Dec)

1998 (Jan-Mar)

1998 (Apr-May)

1998 (Jun-Jul)

1998 (Aug-Sep)

1998 (Oct-Nov)

1998 (Dec)

1999 (Jan-Mar)

1999 (Apr-Jun)

1999 (Jul-Dec)

2000 (Jan-Jun)

2000 (July-Dec)

2001 (Jan-Jun) 

2001 (Jul-Dec)

 

  

Key to news sources

RTN = Reuter (international news agency)
SWB/BBC = BBC Monitoring Service (short-wave broadcasts)
AFM = Agence France Presse (French news agency)
MEI = Middle East International (UK/US, fortnightly magazine)
AP = Associated Press (US/international news agency)
GDN = Guardian (UK) 
TWP
= Washington Post (US)
TAS = TASS (Soviet/Russian news agency)
TIM = Times, Sunday Times (UK)
TEL = Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph (UK)
FT = Financial Times (UK)
IND = Independent, Independent on Sunday (UK)
OBS = Observer (UK)
IRT = Irish Times (Ireland)
IHT = International Herald Tribune

     

In the Yemen history section

 
 

In the Yemen section

 
 

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Civil Society in Yemen

The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia

by Sheila Carapico

(Cambridge Middle East Studies, No 9, 1998) 

 

 
 
 
 


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Last revised on 24 June, 2007