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by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,7 October 1994
SOUTHERN Yemeni leaders, defeated and exiled by the civil war just three months ago, made a surprise appearance in London on September 30 to announce the formation of a National Opposition Front. The seven-man…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,20 August, 1999
TEN young men from Britain accused of plotting to bomb British and American interests in Aden were given prison sentences ranging up to seven years by a Yemeni court on August 9. Both sides - defence and…
Originally published in The Guardian, 2 January 1992
Of all the bystanders in the Gulf War, none suffered more than Yemen.Brian Whitaker reports on Arabia's struggling democracy.
THE ROMANS called it Arabia Felix - the land blessed with good fortune. For a few exhilarating months in 1990 it seemed…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,30 May 1997
Flushed with success at the polls, President Ali Abdullah Salih of Yemen has surprised the country with his choice of prime minister. Although his own party, the General People's Congress, won an overwhelming victory…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,12 September 1997
A furore has erupted in Yemen over plans to divide the southern province of Hadramawt. After a heated debate on August 31, the newly-appointed Consultative Council - an advisory body with no legislative powers -…
Originally published in The Guardian, 26 April 1997
Yemen goes to the polls tomorrow. Brian Whitaker drops in on the worryingly familiar campaign trail
PICTURE the scene. Amid disquiet about the state of British democracy, international observers fly in to monitor the election. The teams from…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in The Guardian, 30 December 1998
THREE British tourists and one Australian were shot dead yesterday at their kidnappers' hide-out in Yemen when security forces stormed the site in a disastrous end to the country's worst hostage crisis.
Twelve other captives…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in The Guardian, 6 November 1992
POLITICAL leaders in Yemen yesterday set a date for the first multi-party elections. Fifty-four parties will fight for 301 seats in the new parliament on April 27 next year. The elections will be the first under universal…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,8 October 2004
Almost four years after suicide bombers blew up the USS Cole in Aden harbour killing 17 American sailors, a Yemeni court has sentenced two men to death and jailed four others for their role in the attack.
Only one of…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,11 January, 2002
BASKING in American approval, the Yemeni government has begun to assert itself in areas where it once feared to tread. Whatever authoritarian aspirations President Ali Abdullah Saleh may have cherished in the past…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
