Yemen: the head of state transfers power to a new presidential council
Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
(Illustration) © AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova
Text by: RFI Follow
1 min
Yemen's President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced on Thursday that he was handing over his powers to a new council to lead the country.
Advertising
Read more
“
I irreversibly delegate my full powers to this presidential council
,” President
Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
, a refugee in Saudi Arabia since 2015, said in a televised statement on the last day of peace talks in Saudi Arabia.
He also sacked Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.
The new presidential council will be made up of eight members and will be led by Rashad al-Alimi, a former interior minister and adviser to the head of state.
This announcement is
"one of the most significant changes that has taken place within the anti-Houthi bloc since the beginning of the war
",
estimated on Twitter Peter Salisbury,
of the NGO
Crisis Group
, while affirming that the implementation of these new provisions "
will be complicated to say the least
".
For its part, Saudi Arabia has announced aid of three billion dollars to the country.
This change "
will open a new page
" hopes the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, quoted by the official Saudi press agency.
Since 2014, nearly 380,000 people have died in this war between pro-government forces, backed since 2015 by a military coalition led by neighboring Saudi Arabia, and Houthi rebels backed by Iran.
For the first time,
a two-month truce
was announced between the belligerents last Saturday.
► To read also: War in Yemen: abandoned, the population again plunged into horror
(With AFP)
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_EN
Yemen
Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Saudi Arabia