Yemen: Sanaa under pressure to reform subsidies

Sources in Sanaa tell GSN that Yemen is attempting to draft an economic reform package before the upcoming Friends of Yemen meeting in London on 29 April. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi travelled to Kuwait for the Arab League summit in March, accompanied by the minister for planning and international co-operation Mohammed Saeed Al-Saadi, in the hope of pushing forward talks on financial assistance already pledged to the cash-strapped government. Gulf neighbours have said they want to see a faster pace of reform, if they are to release the rest of funds pledged since 2012, and consider further aid.