Post-Saleh Yemen Looks to Rebuild

February 24, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Yemen is riding a wave of optimism following the end of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's decades-long rule. Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Saleh's former deputy, has taken over as the country's leader following elections on Tuesday that formally marked the transition of power after months of unrest. Saleh, 69, had been a longtime US ally, but Washington eventually backed a deal brokered by the Gulf Co-operation Council to speed his exit, making him the fourth veteran Arab leader unseated by "Arab Spring" uprisings. But, as Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from the capital Sanaa, rebuilding the country could cost billions - and it is money the country does not have.

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