Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 4/27/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of April 27, 1998
- Deputies Council session to discuss deterioration of Yemeni security
The Yemeni Council of Deputies is holding a session to discuss the security situation and increased number of kidnappings taking place in Yemen, calling on the government to attend the session. Yemen, Politics, 5/2/1998 - $25 million for enhancing cultural projects Yemen, Economics, 5/2/1998
- Yemeni opposition view PM resignation as a loss
Pessimism was expressed among the Yemeni opposition concerning the future of the administrative, financial and economic reforms underway in Yemen. Yemen, Politics, 5/2/1998 - Yemeni Premier resigns
Yemeni television on Wednesday said that Yemeni Prime Minister Farah Bin Ghanim has submitted his resignation to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh who accepted it. Yemen, Politics, 4/30/1998 - Quiet prevails after conflict in Yemeni governerate of Hadramout
El-Makla city in the Yemeni governorate of Hadramout seemed very quiet after the confrontations witnessed over the last few days between demonstrators from opposition parties and security forces, during which two were killed. Yemen, Local, 4/30/1998 - Yemeni-Ethiopian relations boosted
The Yemeni daily al-Wahda quoted the secretary of the foreign ministry for political affairs Ghalib Ali Gamil as saying that visits exchanged between Yemen and Eritrea have restored normalcy, noting that a detente in relations between the two Asmara and Sanaa will be announced after a verdict is taken over the possession of the disputed Hanish Islands. Yemen-Eritrea-Ethiopia, Politics, 4/30/1998 - Disputes between leaders of Yemen's socialist party
The central committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party criticized the party's leaders for weakening the party's role and reducing its activity. Yemen, Politics, 4/30/1998 - Military agreements between Yemen and the US Yemen-USA, Military, 4/29/1998
- Yemeni opposition calls for investigating bloody confrontations
One Yemeni citizen was killed and two others were shot and wounded on Monday by Yemeni policemen who were trying to disperse a demonstration in the southern Hadramout province. Yemen, Local, 4/29/1998 - Yemen kindapping negotiations Yemen, Local, 4/29/1998
- Yemeni foreign minister in Addis Ababa Yemen-Ethiopia, Politics, 4/29/1998
- A campaign to confiscate weapons in Yemen
A Yemeni security source stated that the Yemeni security forces started on Saturday a large-scale weapons-confiscation campaign following the detonation of an explosive device in al-Kheir Mosque in Sanaa that resulted in the killing of 2 persons and the wounding of 27. Yemen, Politics, 4/28/1998 - Yemeni FM to visit Addis Ababa, Saudi-Yemeni relations improving
Iryani's agenda in Addis Ababa includes the activation of the high joint ministerial committee. The two states will sign agreements for cultural and economic cooperation, moreover Iryani will discuss with Ethiopian officials international and regional conditions and activating African - Arab cooperation. Yemen-Saudi Arabia-Ethiopia, Politics, 4/27/1998