Saleh's Family Members Cling to Power in Yemen

April 19, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Yemen's new president, Abrabuh Mansur Hadi, is struggling to deal with his predecessor's continued grip on the country, along with regular outbreaks of violence. Now the United Nations is threatening to step in to ensure power is transferred away from family members of ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh, who still control most of the country's armed forces.

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Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is a Yemeni major general and politician who, is the President of Yemen since 27 February 2012. He was previously the Vice President from 1994 to 2012. Between 4 June and 23 September 2011, he was the acting President of Yemen while Ali Abdullah Saleh wa... Explore this topic

Yemen

La República de Yemen es un país bicontinental situado en Oriente Próximo y en África. Su parte asiática está situada en el Mashreq, al sur de la península de Arabia, rodeado por el mar Arábigo, el golfo de Adén y el mar Rojo, en Asia. La isla de Socotra está en África. Compar... Explore this topic

Ali Abdullah Saleh

Ali Abdullah Saleh is a Yemeni politician who was President of Yemen from 1990 to 2012. Saleh previously served as President of North Yemen from 1978 until unification with South Yemen in 1990. After more than 33 years in power, Saleh signed the Gulf Cooperation Council agreem... Explore this topic

Yemeni Air Force

The Yemeni Air Force is the air operations branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces. It is equipped with both eastern and western types of aircraft. Numbers of aircraft can not be confirmed but servicibility of these aircraft is low. Aircraft have been acquired by donations from othe... Explore this topic

Yemen Uprising

The Yemeni Revolution followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution and other mass protests in the Middle East in early 2011. In its early phase, protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment, economic c... Explore this topic

Politics of Yemen

Politics of Yemen takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where the President of Yemen is the head of state, while the Prime Minister of Yemen (who is appointed by the President) is the head of government. Although it is notionally a mu... Explore this topic

Jamal bin Omar

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Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar

Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar is the commander of the Yemeni Air Force and is the half-brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Explore this topic

Military of Yemen

The armed forces of Yemen include the Yemen Army, Navy, Yemeni Air Force. A major reorganization of the armed forces continues. The unified air forces and air defenses are now under one command. The navy has concentration in Aden. Total armed forces manning numbers about 401,0... Explore this topic

UN Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the e... Explore this topic

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