In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

By Akram al-gaolahi
A senior officer in the armed forces survived an assassination attempt when a bomb planted in his car exploded as he was driving on Baghdad Street in downtown of the capital Sana’a.” a security source told Yemen Observer.
Brigadier Abdullah al-Mihdhar in Yemen’s armed forces, who worked as a lecturer at the Military Academy, in the capital, and his 13-year-old son were seriously injured him, according to the source. The Brigadier later on was reported dead as he was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at the Military Hospital in Sana'a.
The source also pointed out that a forensic team rushed to the scene and cordoned the place off and police have immediately started investigation into the incident.

In Rada’a city of Bayda province, central Yemen, Director of Walad Rabea district, Sheikh Ali al-Ma’atti, was killed on Sunday in ambush that took place next to his house.

Local sources said unidentified gunmen opened fire on al-Ma’atti while leaving his house and fled the scene. Sheikh al-Ma’atti was transferred to the capital Sana’a for treatment as he was in critical conditions, according to the sources, but later on, Sheikh al-Ma’atti was also reported dead of serious wounds.

Rada’a city has been witnessing a state of security chaos in the past three years as well as a series of sabotage acts and armed clashes that claimed the lives of many citizens.
 

Six killed and wounded in protesters camp in Sana’a

Six killed and wounded in protesters camp in Sana’a

By Akram al-gaolahi
Two protesters were killed and four others wounded in an armed attack against Houthi protesters and independent youth in Sana’a University Square.
Activists in the square said that gunmen on motorbike opened fire at the protesters and fled the scene.
The attack took place in a time when Houthi, Salafi and Islahi leaders had met to defuse sectarian tension after confrontations in three mosques due to Taraweeh prayer.
Loyalists of Houthi group cordoned off the protesters and searched people who enter the protesters camp.
Meanwhile, activists in the camp accused Islah to be behind the attack.
On his part, protesters in the camp stated that the one who opened fire put on Special Security Forces uniform.
The dead people are Yahiya Ahmed al-Seraji, 29, and Abdul-Latif al-Matari, 25. The wounded are Mohammed Maraqshi, 35, from Hodeida, and Abdu Raqshi, 35. The two others are unidentified.

BREAKING NEWS: 8-kilo explosive device defused in Hael street of capital Sana'a

BREAKING NEWS:
8-kilo explosive device defused in Hael street of capital Sana'a

NDC sports tournament kicks off in Mövenpick

NDC sports tournament kicks off in Mövenpick
By Akram al-gaolahi
The Mövenpick hotel organizes the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) sports tournament at the hotel’s sports facilities on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The tournament will include Basketball, Tennis, Squash, volleyball, football and billiards or chess.
This year’s tournament was named the NDC tournament after the NDC which is being held in the Mövenpick’s halls.
“Last year’s tournament included three sports only; Basketball, Tennis and Squash but this year we’ve broadened the list of sports of the tournament.” Said Mohammed H. Al-Nunu, Sales Manager at Mövenpick Hotel.
“In belief that the holy month of Ramadan is the month of health, the Ramadan Mövenpick tournament series was started last year and received much turnout from different segments of the society.” Added Al-Nunu. A number of companies, organizations and media outlets have expressed interest in sponsoring the event including the Yemen Observer.
 

President Hadi, no power will affect NDC

President Hadi, no power will affect NDC
By Akram al-gaolahi
President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi  said the political and security situation in Yemen is very difficult and complicated, stressing that he will not allow any force, group or class to affect the progress of the activities of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) whatever follies or dishonesty they commit against the people.
 “Our economic, security and political situation is very difficult and complicated, and we ensure everyone that, what we are in need of is the honest and good efforts and not the subversive actions of disrupting the electricity, the pipelines and the roads. We announce from here that no force, group or class can affect the progress of the NDC, whatever follies or immorality they commit against the people. All Yemeni people know the terrorist methods that are linked to the narrow interests of the influential who were used to prevaricate the law, order and people’s rights,” the President said during the breakfast banquet which he held for the NDC members.
The President ensured that the people want security, safety, stability and to go forward, because the wheel of history never turns back. “Time is going forward,” the President said pointing out that after all the fighting and disputes between the political forces, they are now under the same roof and sitting around the same dialogue table with all their difference which   melted  and changed into discussions and programs for a better future.
The President noted that the NDC should address the final, encouraging issues to ensure resolving the southern and Sada issues to come to an integrated document to be inserted into the new Yemeni constitution provisions, reiterating that everyone is looking forward to what they the NDC members are doing, ensuring that they are fit for such responsibility and the whole world is looking at them within this basis.
 “Yemen was lucky that all its forces resorted to peace and they possess a road map that took them from crisis to safety, with unprecedented regional and  international consensus,” the President said, adding, “the Security Council with all its members held their meeting in Sana’a amid an international processes to spare Yemen the civil war and take it to peace, noting that it is an exceptional international precedent  considered to be in favor of Yemen,” the President said, adding that, “we are in a better position, compared to Ramadan of last year. Many things at different levels have been accomplished, where measures and procedures have been taken, foremost of them the army restructure at the senior level of leadership, and work is underway to complete it as planned. We   overcame a lot of challenges and difficulties and launched the comprehensive national dialogue on the eighteenth of last March and have so far achieved many impressive successes, which are culminated in by the conclusion of the second phase and the beginning of the third stage.”
President Hadi said since the break out of September and October revolutions we are suffering successive crises and all the Yemeni people on the both sides in the country have paid the bill of the cold war, like the rest of the Arab world, due to the disputes between the two previous major international forces, ensuring that after the establishment of unity there was no program or strategy for development, progress or prosperity for the birth of a new era, and what happened in this period is known to  all in details.
A responsible source in the Supreme Security Committee formerly stated that the armed forces personnel were able to capture a commercial ship having two containers on board carrying commercial pistols at the time of its entry into the Yemeni territorial waters near Zuqar Island.
The Supreme Security Committee acknowledges the Yemeni-Turkish security cooperation which led to capture of the ship. Likewise, the Committee also warns those who try to disturb the general peace and security of the country by damaging the national economy. It asserts that the military and security machinery will continue to be on high alert to carry out their duties in order to ensure preservation of the peace, security and stability of the homeland as well as to provide conditions necessary for making the National Dialogue Conference successful , thus completing the process of the country’s political settlement.

Yemen Struggles to Absorb Returnees from Saudi Arabia

Yemen Struggles to Absorb Returnees from Saudi Arabia
By akram algaolahi
Yemen has asked IOM to provide assistance to some 200,000 Yemeni migrant workers forced to leave Saudi Arabia since April as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants in the Kingdom.
More irregular Yemeni migrants could return from Saudi Arabia in the coming months, following the extension through November of a Saudi amnesty for undocumented migrants previously scheduled to expire this week, according to IOM Yemen.
The Yemeni government has now asked IOM Yemen to support vulnerable returnees, some of whom are thought to have been in Saudi Arabia for two or three generations, by providing basic assistance in terms of shelter, access to water (through well rehabilitation and water trucking), non food relief items and hygiene kits.
They have also asked for IOM medical and other facilities in the border town of Haradh to be made available to vulnerable Yemenis returning overland. Currently the facilities are used mainly to help stranded migrants from the Horn of Africa.
In recent weeks many returning Yemenis have been seen on roads near Haradh trying to hitch rides on passing trucks to get back to their villages.
The returnees add to a growing pool of often destitute migrants who make the dangerous and expensive trip across the Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in the hope of finding jobs in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
The number from the Horn of Africa arriving in Yemen reportedly increased from 34,000 in 2010, to over 75,000 in 2011 and 84,000 in 2012. Over 35,000 have arrived in the first five months of 2013.
Since the fencing of the border with Saudi Arabia, the Saudi crackdown on undocumented migrants and raids on people smugglers’ camps carried out by the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, many more migrants have become stranded in Haradh, where an estimated 25,000 irregular destitute migrants are now living in often terrible conditions, without adequate shelter and access to food, water and medical assistance.
IOM, which runs a Migrant Response Center (MRC) including a clinic in Haradh, has already assisted almost 19,000 Ethiopian migrants to voluntarily return home since 2007. Since April, IOM has assisted another 765 Ethiopians, a third of them unaccompanied minors, to fly home.
But while the number of stranded migrants continues to increase, funding for the programme has shrunk. At the beginning of 2013, IOM was forced to scale back its distribution of free meals, provide less shelter and make fewer medical referrals.
UN funding and in-kind donations from WFP and UNICEF enabled the resumption of flights in June and some humanitarian services provided by the MRC. But IOM Yemen still needs USD 3 million to meet the Yemeni government’s appeal to provide ongoing shelter, food, basic health care and protection for migrants and returnees, as well as voluntary return flights for stranded Ethiopian migrants.

Libya ready for Yemeni labor

Libya ready for Yemeni labor
By akram algaolahi
The Yemeni Expatriate Affairs Minister, Mojahed al-Qohali, discussed with the Libyan Ambassador Ramadan Benzema the bilateral relations between Yemen and Libya and the ways to develop them especially in areas of Yemeni   labor organization and dispatch. According to the Yemeni News Agency Saba, the meeting addressed the organization and dispatch of the Yemeni labor to Libya on scheduled basis that would ensure the sending of safe and qualified labor while guaranteeing their rights.
The two sides came to an understanding and drafted a memo and agreement between Yemen and Libya in the fields of immigration organization. They also held a discussion in regards to investment opportunities in Yemen. The Libyan Ambassador, Ramadan Benzema, ensured that the Yemeni worker in Libya would be held in high esteem and expressed his country’s interest in overcoming the difficulties in dispatching Yemeni labor to Libya.
 

Egyptian Replica against Yemen’s Government

Egyptian Replica against Yemen’s Government
By akram algaolahi
A movement is announced in Sana’a last week under the name Tamarod “rebellion”, demanding the overthrow of Basundwah government, as a version of the Egyptian and Tunisian Tamarod movements.
Member of the movement’s preparatory committee Esam Hibatallh Shuraim, said Tamarod movement aims to overthrow the Reconciliation Government “RG” and replace it with a government consisting of all the social spectrums.
He also said that Tamarod is not resisting the government and not the whole state, adding that the RG failed in providing the basic life necessities to the citizen and so it has to depart, calling all political forces to stop the quota  system which proved to be a failure in state building.
Shuraim emphasized that the movement will escalate its activities to take out commitments from the political parties to meet the requirements of the upcoming elections, asserting that the movement demands guarantees for the neutrality of the military and security institutions and distance them from partisan conflicts.
 

Benomar meets Houthi’s leader in Sa’adah

Benomar meets Houthi’s leader in Sa’adah
By akram algaolahi
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar paid a visit on Sunday to the province of Sa’adah to follow up on the developments of the National Dialogue and discuss a number of important issues.
 Benomar was received by Military and Security leaders, including the province’s Security Director, the Military Police Commander and Leaders of the Houthi group, known also as “Ansar Allah” in the province of Sa’adah, according to local sources.
 The UN envoy held a special meeting with the leader of the Houthis Mr. Abdul Malik al-Huthi, one local source said, declining to give any further details on the outcomes of this meeting.
 “Benomar also met with a number of officials from political parties and civil society organizations,” said the local sources, adding that he discussed with them the situation of Sa’adah, their potential contributions in making of the dialogue’s process a success, as well as their visions and proposals that contribute to the building of a modern civil state.
 “This meeting touched on the role of political parties and civil society organizations in establishing the concept of peaceful coexistence between the various components and social strata.”
 The reconstruction of Saada province and a number of requirements that is needed to maintain, especially in the field of developments, were also discussed during the meeting according to the sources.
 A Salafi leader in Saadah, spoke to al-Khabar news website on anonymity condition that Benomar’s visit to Sa’adah “does not concern them in a way or another”, and that UN envoy deals with one party, the Houthis.
 “The local council of the province, the authorized body to receive official visits to the province, did not participate in receiving Benomar, said the Salafi leader”, adding that the Houthis have received him through their representative Abdul Ghani al-Izzy.
“To demonstrate good faith, the UN envoy was expected to meet with all parties in the province and meet with Wa’ela tribes and people in Dammaj district as well as the outnumbering internally displaced people of the province,” said the Salafi leader.

Soon, a daily meal for school students in Yemen

Soon, a daily meal for school students in Yemen
By akram algaolahi
Minister of Education Dr. Abdulrazaq al-Ashwal welcomed on Sunday June 30, a program to provide a daily meal for school children from the World Food Program (WFP). This came in a meeting between al-Ashwal and Bishaw Parajuli, the Resident Representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Yemen.
Parajuli said that they will work to provide a daily meal to children in schools, boys and girls alike simply because a hungry child cannot focus on education.
Parajuli said that they will work in the future to help people get their food and that they are working on the preparation of new programs for the years 2013 – 2014. The objectives of these programs are to help communities rely on themselves and contribute to the improvement of agriculture, water storage, and small-scale projects, especially for women as well as improve the nutritional status of children and continue in the provision of food aid to the poorest targeted groups in Yemen
He added that they’ll be working in partnership with a number of United Nations organizations like UNICEF and FAO in order to improve food security and agriculture, as well as cooperate with the United Nations relief program with respect to improving employment opportunities, encourage the growing of crops and strengthen the capacity of local communities.

One shot dead as south Yemen protests

One shot dead as south Yemen protests
By: akram algaolahi
A passer-by was killed and three others were wounded when police opened fire to disperse protesters in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses and medical sources said.
The witnesses said police intervened to clear the roads in the flashpoint Crater district of the port city where dozens of southern activists had set up roadblocks as part of a “civil disobedience” campaign.
Medical sources confirmed the casualty toll, naming the dead man as Hisham al-Nunu from the city of Taez north of Aden.
On Saturday morning, southern activists used rocks and logs to block main roads in several districts, where shops, banks and schools stayed closed, an AFP correspondent said.
Normal activity returned to most areas later in the day, apart from Crater where the shootings triggered sporadic clashes between police and protesters, residents said.
Pro-autonomy groups have staged street protests every Wednesday and Saturday since February 21 in protest at killings of southern activists in confrontations with security forces.
On Friday night, a prison guard was killed and a colleague wounded in a gun attack as a police vehicle from Mansura prison arrived at the local hospital carrying a sick inmate. The assailants fled the scene.
On March 18, President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned Yemenis against the use of force to express political views, as he opened a national dialogue to pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution and the staging of elections.
The dialogue, scheduled to run six months, brings together 565 representatives of Yemen’s various political groups — from secessionists in the south to Zaidi Shiite rebels in the north, in addition to civil society representatives.
Most southern factions finally agreed to take part after months of negotiations and under UN pressure.
But the movement’s hardliners led by South Yemen’s former president Ali Salem al-Baid have dug in their heels, insisting instead on negotiations between two independent states in the north and south.
After the former North and South Yemen united in 1990, the south broke away in 1994. The secession triggered a short-lived civil war that ended with the region being overrun by northern troops.
AFP

PM values highly Chinese medical support to Yemen

PM values highly Chinese medical support to Yemen
By: akram algaolahi
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa met here on Saturday with the Chinese medical delegation, visiting Yemen currently to perform gratis medical operations in some governorates.
Chinese ambassador to Yemen Chang Hwa briefed the Premier on the free of charge medical activities the 40 doctor-delegation will carry out in governorates of Ibb, Taiz and Hadramout.
Another Chinese medical delegation of 60 doctors will visit Yemen in the coming June, Hwa added.
He said that the number of the Chinese doctors, who have worked in Yemen so far, reached over 3,400, stressing that the Chinese-Yemeni relations are historical began in 1966, when the first Chinese medical delegation visited Yemen.
China and Yemen are important countries in Asia and cooperation between them is very important for the benefit of both countries and peoples, the Chinese ambassador said, expressing appreciation of Yemen's support for the unity of the Chinese territories.
Hwa hailed the achievements the Yemeni government has made so far, stressing that China backs the national reconciliation and the ongoing transition in Yemen.
The Prime Minister valued highly the Chinese support to Yemen, particularly in medical field, saying that the relationship between Yemen and China is very long-standing and being boosted constantly.
Basindwa voiced confidence that China would play bigger economic role in the country through its investments to enhance the partnership between the two countries, confirming Yemen's keenness to benefit from the advanced Chinese experience in the field of development and economic renaissance.

President: Dialogue is only way to avoid civil war

President: Dialogue is only way to avoid civil war
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi- Head of the National Dialogue Conference- affirmed that the dialogue is the only way to spare the people to engage in a civil war and armed conflicts.
This came in the President’s speech on Saturday at the opening of the eighth meeting of the first general session of the conference.
He pointed that he had followed up the previous meetings of the conference and the people's positive reactions, expressing his great satisfaction for the workflow of the conference.
" all Yemeni people pin hopes on you for a better future”, the president said, noting that the side meetings on the sidelines of the conference also were an important indicator of the possibility of convergence between the participants’ visions.
He urged the participants in the working groups of the conference to commit to the attendance and the positive participation.
“The hopes of the Yemeni people pinned on the activity of working groups are no less than the hopes pinned on the general sessions of the Conference”, the president said.
The president pointed out the Importance that all should always realize that there are those who do not want the dialogue and there are who work against it, referring to the recent events that have taken place in Sana’a and Aden.
In this regard, the president directed the government and the security services to carry out their duties to create the safe and appropriate atmosphere for the success of the conference.

Yemen renews its claim to U.S. to extradite Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo

Yemen renews its claim to U.S. to extradite Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo
By:akram algaolahi
Yemeni government has renewed its demand for the U.S. authorities to handed over 90 Yemenis still detained in Guantanamo and Bagram, to bring them back to their homeland.
This came in a letter addressed by Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi to his U.S. counterpart John Kerry, in which he congratulated Kerry on his appointment as Secretary of state in the United States, praising the advanced level of the bilateral relations between two friendly countries.
Al-Qirbi confirmed in the letter Yemen's keenness to take all diplomatic and security measures and rehabilitation of returnees to return them to the right path and integrate them into their communities as good citizens.
He added that the closing of Guantanamo file will restore confidence in the values of freedom and justice.
In this regard, a diplomatic source in the Yemeni Embassy in Washington told Saba that the embassy has intensified its contact and meetings with the U.S. officials in the Departments of State, Justice and Defense, as well as with the lawyers of Yemeni detainees and human rights organizations, to discuss ways to return Yemeni detainees to their homeland.
The source added that arrangements are being done to organize a visit by an official Yemeni delegation headed by Minister of Human Rights and committee in charge of the detainees issue to the U.S. and the Guantanamo base.
This move and efforts comes under the directives of President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi to the government to double efforts to follow up this issue, the source explained.
He pointed out that the issue of Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo currently occupies list of priorities for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington.

NDC reviews human development indexes in Yemen

NDC reviews human development indexes in Yemen
By: akram algaolahi
The National Dialogue Conference (NDC) continued on Wednesday its meetings within its first general session, which is chaired by Deputy President of the Conference Ahmed bin Farid al-Sorimah.
During its morning meeting, the Conference listened to a presentation on the United Nations’ report on the human envelopment indexes in Yemen, which was presented by the expert of planning, policy and development in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana'a, Riman Abdul Rahman Saleh.
The UNDP’s expert started the presentation with the definition of the human development concept, reviewing the developments witnessed by the development index in Yemen.
The report showed that the human development is the essential foundation, which is relied upon by decision-makers, the government method that cares for improving human resources.
The report revealed that Yemen recorded the lowest indicators in terms of the human development compared to the Arab countries, especially with regard to the gender inequality and the multi-poverty index, in which Yemen recorded a high rate compared to Arab countries.
In this regard, the report pointed that two million children are out of the scope of basic education, and that 6 million of the adult populations do not have the writing and reading skills, noting that the illiteracy rate reaches to 62 percent of the total populations.
Following the presentation of the report, the Conference members made extensive discussions and interpositions on the report.
In the second part of its morning meeting, the Dialogue Conference reviewed also a report on the water situation in Yemen, which was presented by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment for water sector, Tawfiq Abdel Wahed al-Shargabi.
The report highlighted the critical situation of the water situation in Yemen, noting in this regard to that the most important water basins are at risk of depletion.
The report warned of the danger of delay in developing urgent solutions to the water problem in the country, which may lead to the deterioration of the rural economy, food price inflation, rising rates of poverty and migration to the cities, and the deterioration of stability and social peace.
In this regard, the report called for giving the water issue the highest priority by the national dialogue conference.

President meets with Turkish FM, Saudi Crown Prince

President meets with Turkish FM, Saudi Crown Prince
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Arab Summit currently held in Qatari capital Doha, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
In the meeting, President Hadi voiced his thanks and appreciation for the Turkish aid provided to Yemen within the industrial zone, welcoming the Turkish investments in Yemen.
For his part, Davutoğlu confirmed his country’s absolute keenness on the safety, security and stability of Yemen, confirming Turkey’s readiness to provide assistance for the success of the national reconciliation in Yemen so as to take out Yemen to safety.
The meeting touched on the topic of smuggling arms from Turkey to Yemen. In this regard, the Turkish minister affirmed that the Turkish government will pursue the perpetrators of the smuggling operations , noting that the competent authorities are exerting efforts to capture the offenders.

On another hand, the president also met on sidelines of the Arab summit in Doha the Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Saudi Arabia ,Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

During the meeting, they talked on a number of issues and topics of interest to the two brotherly countries and peoples in various aspects, as well as the latest developments at the bilateral, regional and international levels.

In the meeting, President Hadi reviewed the progress made by Yemen at the implementation of the historical settlement under the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism and the UN Security Council resolutions.

The President pointed out that there are regional powers working on the instability in Yemen for the illegal interests and aspirations, noting that the Iranian ship recently seized was carrying destructive and diverse weapons ,and there were other weapons sent by Iran to destabilize the security of Yemen.

Prince Salman condemned any action aims at destabilizing the security and stability of Yemen, stressing that the security, stability and unity of Yemen is a matter of importance for the Saudi Arabia.

He said that Yemen's security is the security of the kingdom ,noting that Yemen and Saudi Arabia occupy the largest geographical area in the region and the smuggling of arms into the region is a threat to the safety of the international navigation in the most important shipping lanes in the world.

Yemen will surprise the world by achieving change via dialogue: Hadi

Yemen will surprise the world by achieving change via dialogue: Hadi
By: akram algaolahi
YEMEN OBSERVER :President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi has said the Yemen will surprise the whole world again by achieving the desired change via dialogue.
"The national dialogue conference is a historic turning point in the Yemenis' life," Hadi said in a speech delivered late on Tuesday in the opening session of the Arab summit held in Doha, Qatar.
He expressed optimistic that the dialogue would end with solutions to all vital and sensitive issues, such as South cause, which is the main issue on the dialogue table, impasse of Sa'ada province, building a modern state, determining the state's regime system, and drafting a new constitution that must reflect the aspirations of the Yemeni people for change, freedom, democracy, social justice and sustainable development.
"I am full confidence that the Yemeni people will surprise the world again with a wonderful and unique model to accomplish the desired reforms and change through dialogue. Yemen will build a modern civil state, where all Yemenis enjoy freedom, justice and equal citizenship."
The president talked about the difficult conditions Yemen has gone through during the crisis, saying that the wisdom of the Yemenis, the political and social elites and the good efforts of GCC States' leaders who yield the internationally-backed Gulf initiative that has steer the country away from a potential civil war.
Hadi stressed that the popular and youth revolutions and crises many Arab country have experienced for two years requires us to revise our attitudes, learn the lessons and meet the legitimate demands of our peoples.
He urged the Arab League (AL) to develop its mechanisms of action and re-drafting the AL's Charter within the initiatives presented from a number of Arab countries including Yemen in order to cope with regional and international changes that make the Arab League a regional effective organization.
"In order that, we all need to provide an Arab political will to achieve the desired change in the joint Arab action system and to accelerate the restructuring of the Arab League and its institutions."
Yemen accented the importance of beginning the fast and hard work according to a timeframe to carry out the decisions of the Arab Economic Summit held in Riyadh, Hadi said.
He pinned hopes that the 24th Arab summit produces decisions that enhance the Arab countries brotherly relations and activate the Arab action work to meet the Arab peoples' ambitions of unity, Arab solidarity and economic integration.

Hadi reassures from Qatar about heavy-rain victims in Hadramout

Hadi reassures from Qatar about heavy-rain victims in Hadramout
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi has reassured Monday about the conditions of the citizens of Hadramout's districts which were hit by heavy rain and floods flowed on Sunday evening.
Hadramout governor Khaled al-Daini thanked President Hadi, during his call from the Qatari capital, Doha, over his interest as well as following up the conditions of the governorate's citizens.
In a statement to Saba, the governor has said that the total number of killed people due to heavy rain reached four citizens, asserting that the Ministry of Defence has equipped two helicopters to rescue the trapped in some valleys. 

Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

By: akram algaolahi

 A court of first instance in Sana'a sentenced on Tuesday 10 members of al-Qaeda to between 4 - 10 years.The accused were charged with involving in an armed gang linked to al-Qaeda to attack vital government facilities in Abyan province during

Smuggled Guns seized

Smuggled Guns seized

By akram algaolahi 

A security source in the province of Amran confirmed that security services in the province seized a shipment of smuggled weapons which were hidden in large cabinets inside a bus coming from Sana’a.

 The source  told  “Al-Thawra Net”  that 1732 Turkish-made guns were found during an inspection of passing cars at a routine checkpoint.

 According to the source, the shipment was on board a bus coming from Sana’a. He  pointed out that an investigation is underway to discover who is behind the shipment. He pointed out that the guns, the bus and the driver are all being held for investigation. 

 This shipment of weapons seized in Amran province is the newest after the recent seizing  of a number of smuggled weapons shipments over the past few months.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

By: akram algaolahi

Human Rights Minister Houriah Mashhour discussed here on Sunday with Swedish nonresident ambassador to Yemen Dag Juhlin Dannfelt the project of establishing an independent body for human rights.

Mashhour and Dannfelt reviewed the steps to establish the body in cooperation with UNDP and by Swedish funds.

The Minister talked about several issues linked to the body's establishment, including the transitional justice law which it is important to be constituted in a way satisfies the victims and martyrs' families.

The Swedish ambassador expressed admiration of the Yemeni peaceful way of power transition and national dialogue that would re-forge Yemen's future.

Dannfelt accented the Swedish government's keenness on providing all support to Yemen in the human rights field.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

45 percent of NDC withdrawers from JMP, 25 percent Muslim brotherhood

Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak

Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak

By Akram al-gaolahi
The General Secretary of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak, revealed the overall number of the withdrawing members since its beginning, ensuring that those whose withdrawals and apology were announced and  accepted will be replaced.
“A number of parties and components, since the beginning of the NDC had replaced 21 of their members, whose attendance was impossible. The Islah replaced five of its members, the Unified popular Nasserite replaced two, the Socialist party replaced two and the Hirak “the “Southern Movement” replaced 12 of its members since the beginning of the conference, because some of those “Hirak” replaced never attended for reasons, including their being abroad and the impossibility of their attendance,” Bin Mubarak said in a press statement.
The NDC General Secretary explained that the seats will not remain vacant, because they affect the NDC quorum, which will start within the upcoming period discussion of decisions which will involve voting and attitudes from different forces, a matter that stipulates completion of the political components within the conference, adding that since the incidence of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Farid al-Surimah, only one member withdrew from NDC. It is Ali Yaslem Ba Oudah, adding that some of the media reports over withdrawals from NDC are exaggerated.
In a related issue some of the NDC members carried out a protesting stand to denounce the security disorder, witnessed by a number of Yemeni areas and  Provinces, resulting in attacks against  security and military members, the last of them being the martyrdom of the commander of the intelligence branch in Hadramout, Brigadier Ahmed Abdul-Razeq.
An NDC source said the members during their protesting stance called on the Reconciliation Government and the Security apparatus to take firm measures, so as to maintain the public tranquility, the state’s prestige and to strengthen security and stability in all Provinces. 

Leader attacked in Saudi Arabia

Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh

Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh

By Akram al-gaolahiYahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh said that he phoned the Yemeni businessman Ali Mohammed Ghaleb al-Nahari, who produced a new brand perfume item named after the former president’s title al-Za’eem (Leader), to stand by him, according to a post brought on his Facebook page.
One of the businessman’s stores has been attacked and burnt down recently in Riyadh.
 Sources close to the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that Saleh cntacted last Wednesday afternoon with the Yemeni businessman in Riyadh, and condemned this cowardly attack, stressing that the former president will stand by the businessman al-Nahari and expressed his confidence that the Saudi authorities will not tolerate in this matter.
The commercial store of al-Nahari has been subjected to fire by unknown assailants after threats to withdraw the new fragrance brand which carries the name of the leader or to change the brand name, which has been recently marketed in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The sources said, “The incident reflects the narrow-minded political parties of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies, with the political choices of the people, pointing out that Nahari expresses his appreciation to the General People’s Congress “leader Ali Abdullah Saleh.”

Yemen Holiday workers

Yemeni labors celebrate their day and President describes them as Yemen new future makers

By Yemen Observer Staff
Yemen celebrated last Wednesday the International Labor Day under the slogan of “Together with NDC to Build the Modern Yemeni State, Under law and Order, Union’s Rights and Freedoms Respect and the Achievement of Social Justice.”
President Hadi said in a speech which the Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi gave it on his behalf, pointing to the great significance and meaning  of the Labor Day, celebrated by the working forces in Yemen this year, under and atmosphere of optimism of laying the foundation of a modern Yemeni state of justice, equality and the rule of law.
The President saluted the Yemeni workers over this occasion, describing them as the ones who carry the tools for the construction of the new Yemen which the Yemeni people are longing for.
The President spoke of the importance of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference (NDC), in the construction of Yemen, praising the role of the Youth in the change and development process.
“The homeland’s head should be raised high with your sacrifices and strife in the fields of work and construction for its prosperity, progress and for raising its banner higher in the sky,” the President said, adding “ We pray to God to bless your efforts which adorn the homeland with lofty medals woven by the bright pearls of your sweat which will be kept in the hearts of your nation as gems, jewels and gifts of love.”
The President saluted in his speech the Head of the Yemeni Trade Union Ali Belkhadar and the workers in all work positions, pointing out the celebration of the working class in Yemen, coincides with holding the comprehensive NDC.
“the Labor day celebration gives significant indications of the effective role in the construction, development and continuous struggle  processes for the accomplishment of social justice in all fields through the real partnership built on the social dialogue principles between the tripartite production sides (the government, the employees and the employers ), ” the President said,noting that the working class in Yemen was the  biggest victim of the situation that prevailed in the country during the previous period.
He called on the Reconciliation Government (RG) to improve the working class’s conditions by raising the levels of minimum wages, to ensure the provision of a decent life for the Yemeni workers and to implement the remaining phases of the wages strategy, the release of the functional, the adjustments of annual allowances and the sorting out of their situations.
On the other hand, the Head of the Generl Insurance Corporation, Ahmed Saleh Saif, pointed out that the Labor Day is an important benchmark in which the workers equip themselves with rights awareness regarding their crucial issues, foremost of them the social insurance. noting that the crisis which the country had undergone during the past period caused a deep crack in the private sector’s wall, through the leakage of their workforce, and their abstention  from establishing new economic and commercial projects, causing a direct impact on the private sector’s retirement fund, represented in the General Social Insurance Corporation.
The head of the Commercial Chambers’ Association Mohammed Qafla, said the establishment of the private institutions in Yemen and the coping with regional and international progress depends on the private, trained, competent and skilled labor, ensuring their giving special attention to the training and capacitating of the working forces so as to cover the growing needs of the labor market.
There were lyrical sections and plays during the ceremony which expressed the occasion and won the praise of the audience.
Finally the prominent leaders of the trade unions  and a number of the distinctive workers from the different workers’ institutions and production establishments were  honored
The RG expressed its understanding to the suffering of the Yemeni workers, in the current conditions, due to the 2011 incidents, ensuring that the government will do all it could to overcome its consequences, and to work for the enhancement of the economic growth, for attracting investments so as to provide more new job opportunities for the youth and to improve the workers’ conditions.

National Dialogue : for release of Yemeni detainees

NDC members demonstrate for release of Yemeni detainees abroad

By Akram al-gaolahiNDC members staged a protest in the lobby of Sana'a's Movenpick Hotel on Monday to demand the release of Yemenis who are presently detained abroad.
In particular, the protesters are concerned over Yemeni detainees at the US facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Yemeni fishermen who are in detention in regional prisons. Some protesters did, however, also mention Yemenis who had disappeared as a result of extrajudicial arrests.
Among the slogans on the placards held up by the protesters were 'Oh, US - where are human rights at Guantanamo?' And 'Release Yemeni fishermen from foreign prisons'.
Arwa Abdu Othman, the chairwoman of the Working Group on Human Rights and Freedoms, said her group was working hard to address all rights issues - and individuals' rights in particular.
"In the end, we want our discussions to take the country into a new era. We are focusing on individual rights inside our society - or, rather, how to make the government or groups better provide for individuals' rights," said Othman.
Speaking about the importance of her group's tasks, she added, "Building an individual means building a country. If the individual's rights are lost in favor of political rights, a tragedy ensues".
Othman affirmed that the agenda for the Rights and Freedoms Working Group's was moving forward in a positive direction. She pointed out that the group's committees had finalized their preparatory tasks, such as developing guidelines for the constitution.
"So far, there is unanimity on key issues, including how to ensure equality of opportunity, freedom of speech, religious freedom, intellectual and cultural rights, and adherence to international conventions on human rights."

*NDC.COM

Children's Parliament

Children's Parliament questions NDC General Secretariat

By Akram al-gaolahi

Yemen Children's Parliament

The fifth conference of the Children's Parliament (CP) started early Saturday at the House of representatives under the slogan: (The Involvement of Children in Dialogue Conference between Reality and Rights).
At the meeting, the CP questioned the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Save the Children and the NDC General Secretariat, the Rights and Freedoms Committee, the State-building and Transitional justice Committee, the Civil Society Commission.
The conference also discussed the reasons for not involving the children in the National Dialogue Conference and what the dialogue will offer to the Children given the fact that children in Yemen are representing half of the population.

AL-GAOLAHI :there is no powerful electronic journalism in Yemen because of the weak infrastructure

AL-GAOLAHI :there is no powerful electronic journalism in Yemen because of the weak infrastructure

Sophie Elmenthaler

Akram Al- Gaolahi

The German website " Tintenkiller – Journalismus im Internet " , supported by the Evangelical School of Journalism " Evangelische Journalistenschule ", hosted the Senior Journalist and the person in charge of the Yemen Observer website; Mr. Akram Al-Gaolahi, in an a dialouge about the press in Yemen in general, and the electronic press in specific, addressing the most important issues, constraints and freedom of the press. Interviewed by Sophie Elmenthaler

Mr. / Akram Al-Gaolahi a journalist in Yemen Observer newspaper and a human rights activist and blogger-mail.
Sophie Elmenthaler : First tell us about yourself?
Akram Al- Gaolahi : My name is Akram Mohammed Al- Gaolahi, I was born in 1982 . I work is a journalist and human rights activist in Yemen and I am a senior journalist in the Yemen Observer newspaper, written in  English-language. I am a writer and blogger mail in several newspapers and websites.
Sophie Elmenthaler : Are there obstacles in journalism in Yemen .. What are these obstacles?

Akram Al- Gaolahi :Yes, there are a lot of problems and obstacles that hinder the reality of the Yemeni press in general and the electronic media in specific.
Journalism in Yemen faces many obstacles that increase the hassles of working in this field.
The most important of these difficulties lies in the deterioration of the security situation and the prosecution of journalists by security agencies, in addition to excluding those responsible for authorizing the important topics, and other assemblages taking place in the Yemeni press. And because of that, the officials in Yemen do not seem ready enough to cooperate with journalists in order to provide information of interest to citizens . In addition to the withholding of information and the reduction of the their flow.  Not mentioning the poor Internet service which is the most important impediment to electronic media in Yemen.
Sophie Elmenthaler : How much is the freedom in the electronic press in Yemen.

Akram Al- Gaolahi :We face a difficult situation in the freedom of the press. Yemen was ranked 169 in the world in freedom of the press, according to a report by "Reporters Without Borders" for the year 2013. The report described Yemen as still one of the most dangerous countries to journalists through the attacks and the difficulties and legal aspects encountered by a journalist during a practice done .
Also in online journalism in Yemen is facing many restrictions, most important are blocking and fear of tribal militant groups.
Sophie Elmenthaler : How do you express your opinion and how do you publish your attitude in the Internet?

Akram Al- Gaolahi :For me I work in the newspaper as well as an online publisher. I have my own blog in addition to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and blogs, etc.. I practice a small part of freedom in expression and the defense of rights and freedoms.
But with all this I do not feel complete freedom in the absence of security and the proliferation of armed groups and the weakness of the country.
Sophie Elmenthaler : Are there other points you would like to share with us like the most important difficulties that you face in journalistic work in Yemen?

Akram Al- Gaolahi :I like to add that some of the difficulties faced by the electronic press in Yemen.
- The lack of a broad user base of the Internet, this effective technique that transport information is still not accustomed to Yemeni society.
- Lack of training and contact with the experts in the electronic media, especially in Europe and America.
- Lack of electronic content in light of the weakness of informational configuration. The benefit of the contents of electronic media means knowing the sailing techniques on the Internet.
- The growing piracy websites, and in light of the absence of a legal frame that protects the publisher on the Internet.
- The absence of dual-media culture with the Yemeni individual, because of the newness of the media experience in Yemen.
- The political and tribal tendencies of trends of paper newspapers.
- Lack of a legal framework of electronic journalism in Yemen, due to the timeliness and speed of evolution.
- Publicity Policy-mail in Yemen and fear that comes with the business owners, due to their lack of knowledge in this field.
- The absence of scientific electronic training and rehabilitation, and the absence of electronic culture.
- The difficulty of financing.

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Online-Journalismus im Jemen

Keine Pressefreiheit ohne Infrastruktur

Akram Al-Gaolah

 

Akram al-Gaolahi, Jahrgang 1982, arbeitet als Journalist  und Aktivist im Jemen. Er ist Redakteur für den Yemen Observer, eine große englischsprachige Zeitung und betreibt sein eigenes Blog.

Übersetzt und die Fragen gestellt hat Sophie Elmenthaler. Von einem Skype-Gespräch mussten wir wegen des in Sanaa ständig drohenden Stromausfalls absehen.

Sophie Elmenthaler

Gibt es in ihrem Land Einschränkungen für den Journalismus und wenn ja, was für welche?

Ja, es gibt viele Probleme und Einschränkungen, die den Journalismus allgemein und den Online-Journalismus im Besonderen beinflussen. Die Arbeit in diesem Beruf ist sehr anstrengend. Die Sicherheitslage hat sich sehr verschlechtert und Journalisten werden von den Sicherheitskräften verfolgt. Außerdem bekommen wir zu wichtigen Ereignissen keinen Zugang und sind auch sonst Repressionen von offizieller Seite ausgesetzt. Es gibt keine ausreichende Bereitschaft, mit Journalisten zusammenzuarbeiten, um die Bürger mit den wichtigen Informationen zu versorgen.

Was den Onlinejournalismus anbelangt, werden Webseiten gesperrt und Informationen vorenthalten. Außerdem sind die Internetdienste schlecht.

Wie frei ist der Onlinejournalismus im Jemen?

Hinsichtlich der Pressefreiheit ist die Situation insgesamt schwer. Nach einerStudie von Reporter ohne Grenzen von 2013 nimmt Jemen im internationalen Vergleich nur den 169. Platz von 179 ein. Der Jemen gehört immer noch zu den gefährlichsten Ländern für Journalisten, was Anschläge, allgemeine Schwierigkeiten und den rechtlichen Rahmen anbelangt. Für den Journalismus im Internet gilt das gleiche. Die Hauptprobleme sind, dass Seiten geblockt werden und man sich vor radikalen Stammesgruppen fürchten muss.

Wie publizieren Sie ihre Meinung im Netz?

Ich arbeite ja nicht nur bei der gedruckten Zeitung, sondern habe auch eine eigene Website, blogge und bin in verschiedenen sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook oder Twitter und unterwegs. Da kann ich schon Meinungsfreiheit praktizieren und die Freiheitsrechte verteidigen. Ich fühle mich aber trotzdem nicht vollständig frei, weil es keine Sicherheit gibt, sich überall bewaffnete Gruppen ausbreiten und der Staat schwach ist.

Welche Probleme hat der Online-Journalismus Ihrer Meinung nach allgemein?

Im Jemen gibt es noch keine breite Basis an Internetnutzern und keine Medienkutlur für die neuen Medien. Da die Informationssituation insgesamt schwach ist, gibt es auch einen Mangel an Inhalten im Netz. Wenn es mehr journalistische Inhalte online geben soll, dann müssen die Leute auch wissen, wie man im Internet surft. Ebenso fehlt es an Aus- und Fortbildung für Informatiker und an Praxis und Kontakt mit erfahrenen Onlinejournalisten, vor allem aus Europa und den USA. Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen sind auch noch unterentwickelt, daher kommt es häufig zu Problemen mit Web-Piraterie, weil Autoren im Netz nicht ausreichend geschützt sind. Die Finanzierung ist schwierig, weil viele Unternehmer sich mit dem Netz nicht auskennen und sehr misstrauisch mit Online-Werbung und Anzeigen sind. Und zu guter Letzt bevorzugen die Politiker und die Stammesangehörigen (also die einflussreichen Gesellschaftsschichten, A. d. R. ) gedruckte Zeitungen
 Journalismus im Internet *
http://jg10.ejs-training.de/tintenkiller/onlinejournalismus-jemen/ 

Yemen: Rock Slide in the Capital Sana'a

Yemen: Rock Slide in the Capital Sana'a

By Akram al-gaolahiThe capital Sana'a witnessed on Thursday evening a rock slide next to the Turkish Schools in Asser area, damaging two cars. No other casualties have been reported, however.
The rock slide caused by heavy rains in the area overlooking the capital, has blocked the road and stopped traffic on the Sana'a-Hodeida main road

Sa’ada group calls for implementation of Tech. Committee’s 20 Points

Sa’ada group calls for implementation of Tech. Committee’s 20 Points

By Akram al-gaolahi
The Sa’ada Working Group has called for the completion of initialization procedures which were approved by the NDC Technical Committee and represented in the committee’s twenty points.
In a statement which was released earlier today, the group demanded the creation of an appropriate atmosphere for team members to complete their aims.
The following is the text of the group’s statement:
Sa’ada Issue Group Statement to save the twenty points
Based on the Sa’ada Issue group's keenness for the National Dialogue Conference’s activities to meet with success, and after having completed its general and specific work plans, our group stresses the need to complete the initialization processes which were adopted by the National Dialogue Conference.
Our group calls for the creation of an appropriate atmosphere for our group’s objectives to be carried out and for the Sa’ada Issue group to begin implementing its detailed plan in a positive atmosphere.
The Sa’ada Issue Working Group emphasizes that it will continue to work in accordance with the highest feeling of national responsibility.
NDC’s working groups continue convening their meetings                                                                   
The nine working groups emanating from the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) continued their meetings on Monday.
The working group on army-building devoted its meeting today to discuss and identify the data and information required for the four teams emanating from the group.
The working group on the issue of Saada discussed the terms of its detailed plan and the teams that will carry out the field tasks of the plan, which aimed at studying the roots of the issue and its manifestations and implications.
The group stressed, in a statement issued at the conclusion of its meeting today, the need to implement the twenty points proposed by the Technical Committee to prepare for the NDC in order to ensure the creation of all appropriate atmospheres and climates for the success of the dialogue.
Meanwhile, the State-building group continued reviewing the international experiences in the constitutional field through lectures provided by local and international experts in this field.
The working group on the independence of bodies continued, in its meeting today,  the discussion of topics on its agenda.
In the meeting, the Head of the group reviewed a presentation about the independence of bodies in some of the Arab and foreign constitutions and laws to take advantage of them when preparing constitutional and legal formulas to ensure the independence of the bodies.
In this regard, the teams emanating from the group endowments, Zakat, Dar Al-Ifta and water, environment, qat and media reviewed their plans and mechanisms to implement them in the field.

President Hadi praises NDC

 By Akram al-gaolahi

President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi chaired, on Thursday the first meeting of the presidium of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and its General Secretariat.
At the outset of the meeting, President Hadi expressed his satisfaction with the NDC’s successful achievements that have been made so far, since its inception on the eighteenth of March. A full month ago today.
He said: “Our meeting today comes one month after we took on the practical program of the conference with greater confidence.”
He pointed to the support that Yemen had received from the Arab Summit, which was held late last March in Qatar’s Doha.
 The Doha Declaration also included the Arab nation’s keenness on Yemen’s security, stability and unity.
He noted that in all his meetings on the sidelines of the conference, he found all the solidarity, support and satisfaction for Yemen’s success in light of the GCC deal.
He also spoke of the nature of his visit to Russian, and its great results that serve as mutual relations between both countries in various fields of investment, trade and economic development.
After that, the NDC practical program was discussed on various aspects, in addition to all kinds of  security breaches, whether through power grids bombing or any other acts aimed at destabilizing the country.
He also stressed the need for strong reaction to such acts that are against and beyond law and order.

Eritrean navy boats attack Yemeni fishing boats

By Akram al-gaolahi

Security sources in Thabab Directorate said that Eritrean boats from the Eritrean navy chased Yemeni fishing boats at sea inside the Yemeni territory, opposite of the Thabab coast, held four of them,  and lead them at gun point to one of the Eritrean archipelagos.
The Interior Ministry said in its website, according to security authorities in the Directorate, that the Eritrean navy boats fired at one of the boats during their chase of a number of Yemeni fishing boats , explaining to the security Media Center that the boat which was shot by the  Eritrean boats experienced some damages, and was rescued with 2 of its crew on board by local fishing boats, pointing out that they informed the 17th  brigade of the navy which is stationed in Thabab so as take the appropriate measures.

Million Yemeni children suffering malnutrition

 By Akram al-gaolahi

Minister of Health Ahmed Qasem al-Ansi, said the malnutrition in Yemen exceeded according to the Ministry last two years’ statistics all international emergency standards and the serious boundaries of WHO, due to existence of 15 percent of the under 5 year children suffering from chronic malnutrition, amounting in some Provinces like Hodeida to 35 percent.
Dr. Ansi Said, "  nearly 967000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition, as 276000 of them are exposed to risk of death, while more than two million children suffer from chronic malnutrition, which threatens with disaster unless it is addressed  through immediate, health, nutrition and sectoral   short-and long-term interventions. "
The health Minister called for the need of coordination of efforts of the  international and local organizations, working in the health fields in Yemen to coordinate with the Ministry of Health in accordance with its health plans and programs, especially in facing the malnutrition phenomenon in Yemen.
The Minister pointed to the level of the problem in Yemen during an expanded meeting last Monday with the donors, the civil organizations and businessmen within a national campaign for improvement and advocacy to face malnutrition, it’s humanitarian, social and health impacts, which extend to include the different aspects of life that will hinder the humanitarian and economic development.
The Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Mohammed al-Sa’di stressed the importance of joining efforts to overcome all the challenges which hinder the development process and to adopt a clear vision for a better future of Yemen.
He pointed  that the malnutrition in Yemen comes as a result of administrative dysfunction, which prevailed in Yemen within the last fifty years under political conflict on the expense of development, food, agriculture and economy.
In a related issue, the Ministry of Health, organized a meeting with media on the sidelines of the expanded meeting for the senior officials, donors, international organizations and businessmen, within the national advocacy campaign, to face the malnutrition problems, under the slogan of “malnutrition is a hindrance to development and its combat is the responsibility of all.
The meeting, chaired by the Deputy Minister for the Radio and TV sector, Ahmed Nasser al- Homati, and Deputy Minister of Health and Population for the Care Sector, Majid al-Jonaid, reviewed a number of clarification regarding the malnutrition in Yemen, its reasons, the mechanisms of facing it  and how to join governmental, international organizations and other concerned parts efforts.
The Deputy Minister of Information, emphasized at the meeting the importance of the exploitation of the Ministry of Health and Population the area designated  in the satellite channels, especially in Saba Channel which dedicated daily eight hours for the health education and awareness program, while it designated the other two thirds of its program for sports and tourism.
The representatives of WHO, Jollian Hernis, the UNISEF, Director of the Nutrition Department at the Ministry of Health Dr. Lina al-Iriani, General Director of National Center for Information and Health Awareness, Dr. Abdul-Salam Salam spoke at the meeting of the size and impacts of malnutrition and the importance of addressing it by all means, taking into account that nutrition is a basic element in the development strategy.

Chaos in the dialogue conference hall

By: Akram Al-Gaolahi

A security source in the national dialogue conference said that one person carrying a membership card for the dialogue conference under the name of “Nasser al-Sharif," the representative of young people, from  Marib, slapped  an officer in the national security and engaged in a fight with him.  
The source noted that the security had arrested the person and it was  discovered   later that he was a member of the dialogue conference "Nasser al-Sharif," which represents a list of the youth. 
The Yemen observer reporter said that the matter became more complex when one of the soldiers attacked the member, Khaled Algesha  though he was not a part of the dispute.   
“Do you agree on the slapping of security officers,” a member of the dialogue conference, Abdallah Mugaydea asked the other participants. 
After that,  one of the National Security slapped a member of the national dialogue who was standing in the gate of the hall; though, the problem was solved.  
An official source at the General Secretariat of the comprehensive national dialogue conference explained the reasons that caused the problem. He said that the dispute started when the security seized a participation card in the conference under the name Nasser bin Ahmed Sharif but the card was seized by Nasser bin Ahmed Sharif’s bodyguard.        


The source pointed out that when attempting to handle this matter, a verbal dispute broke out between the NDC member and a security guard, resulting in the escalation of the dispute into clashes that reached the NDC member Khalid al-Ghaishi who wasn't a part of the dispute.

Yemeni activist Bushra al-Maqtri wins distinctive democracy leaders award

By Akram al-gaolahi 
The American democracy in Middle East project, OMED, honored Friday in Washington  the Yemeni political activist and writer Bushra al-Maqtri, head of the liberal youth organization, among four who won the distinctive democratic leadership prize.
The celebration included giving prizes and honorary certificates to three other persons besides the Yemeni activist, chosen by the American POMED organization, for honoring as distinctive democratic leaderships this year.  
They are Ambassador Marc Palmar Vice Chairman of Freedom House and speechwriter of  three former Presidents and six foreign ministers in the United States, the U.S. media person Lara Sterakian from the  "Syria in-depth" Foundation, correspondent  of ABC network and the earlier Bloomberg channel in the Arabian Gulf and Ibrahim  Al-Hodaibi an Egyptian political activist and researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies in the House of wisdom in Cairo.
The Yemeni writer and political activist al-Maqtari spoke at the ceremony, dedicating this international prize to her family, colleagues, and Dr. Yasin Saeed Noman, expressing her appreciation to winning this prize.
Following the award ceremony the American organization organized a “silent auction” for supporting its democracy promotion efforts in the Middle East region.
The award ceremony was attended by a number of American, Academic, media and political personalities, foremost of them the World Bank President, Deputy of the former American Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz