Yemen’s Saleh manoeuvres his ‘pit of snakes’


Issue 846 - 30 Jan 2009 | 7 minute read

Despite approaching legislative elections, Yemen’s president will worry more about northern security, jihadist groups and the return of Guantanamo detainees than the political challenge from a quarrelsome opposition. But no one is yet focused on the real long-term danger – economic disaster as oil revenues collapse.

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