Armies of Liberation

Yemen Post

Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi has urged donors to pump $ 6 billion in aid to Yemen over the next five years to help it meet the demands of the anti-government protesters and sit-inners. (Read on …)

General Ali Mohsen al Ahmar: the Avis of Yemen

YP: BY DIONNE SEARCEY- Wall Street Journal (For the Yemen Post)
New documents have emerged relating to possible bribery in Yemen by global oil-services giant Schlumberger.
Internal company documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show that Schlumberger employees raised concerns in 2008 about payments for cars the company rented from Yemeni government officials at above-market rates—including $6,000 a month for a Toyota Camry and two Toyota Corollas. Employees also cited a contract with customs broker Dhakwan Management Petroleum Co., whose chairman had ties to Yemen’s president. (Read on …)

SANAA – Fuel subsidies and tax evasion are the biggest strains on Yemen’s finances and need to be dealt with swiftly to allow the impoverished country to turn its economy around, the Yemeni finance minister said. (Read on …)

Yemen Post: Yemen has said that it needs $ 44 billion to implement its fourth five-year economic and social development plan for 2011-2015 and urged donors to release their pledges made during the 2006 donor conference in London. (Read on …)

al Sahwa

To read the assessment of the Government’s report on its performance over the past year ..
إقتصادي يمني: الحكومة أضاعت 146 مليار ريال من القروض والمنح Economic Yemen: The government lost 146 billion rials in loans and grants
20/08/2009 الصحوة نت – مصطفى الصبري: 20/08/2009 Sahwa Net – Mustafa Sabri:

انتقد الدكتور/ محمد جبران ـ Criticized Dr. / Mohammed Gibran أستاذ المحاسبة والاقتصاد في جامعة صنعاء ـ تقرير الأداء الحكومي 2008م الصادر عن رئاسة الوزراء والذي قدم لمجلس النواب خلال الشهر الماضي. Professor of Accounting and Economics at the University of Sanaa on the government in 2008 issued by the Prime Minister and submitted to the House of Representatives last month.

وقال جبران: إن التقرير يفتقر إلى المنهجية العلمية والمهنية كما تفتقر الأرقام التي احتواها إلى أي مصدر Gibran said: The report lacks the scientific methodology and professional and lack the numbers to the issues contained in any source
رسمي كبيانات الحساب الختامي، وتقارير الجهاز المركزي للرقابة والمحاسبة، وتقرير البنك المركزي السنوي، وكتاب الإحصاء السنوي. Official data of the final account, and reports of the central control and accounting, and the annual report of the Central Bank, the Statistical Yearbook. (Read on …)

Yemen Post

Informed sources at the Ministry of Electricity revealed that the official launch of the gas-powered station in Mareb will be postponed for few days due to numerous problems. (Read on …)

Yemen Times

The political situation remains challenging. A concerted government campaign has succeeded in suppressing Al-Qaida activities but the group retains the ability to engage in sporadic incidents such as a recent attack on Korean tourists. The Government also reached an agreement with the opposition to delay parliamentary elections for two years, thereby averting a major political crisis. Finally, demonstrations in the South have become less frequent and violent. Concerns remain, however, over the fragile peace accord with the Houthis signed in July 2008, which is threatened by intermittent clashes and mutual accusations of breaches. (Read on …)

A very stark stat that is increasing

Yemen Times To help the over half a million poor Yemenis affected by high and volatile food prices, the United Nations’ (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) is to deliver USD 24 million worth of food aid to eight governorates in Yemen…One in three Yemenis now suffers from chronic hunger, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2008 State of Food Insecurity report…

The WPF office in Yemen conducted a survey in mid-2008 which showed that poor Yemeni families were forced to spend up to 65 percent of their income of food, at the cost of children’s health and education.

The WFP’s emergency relief program in Yemen will target two groups. First, the organization will provide nutritional supplements to under-fives as well as under-twos and nursing mothers in specific districts. Second, it will ensure targeted food distribution to the country’s poorest families as determined by previous surveys.