Yemen's president, separatists announce new power-sharing government

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The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen announced on Friday a new power-sharing cabinet that would include southern separatists in the internationally-recognised government, part of a deal to end a power struggle between the nominal allies,*Reuters*reports. The government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, based in the southern port of Aden, and the separatists are allies within the coalition, which has been at war against the*Iran-aligned Houthis that have controlled the capital Sanaa since 2014. However, the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self rule in Aden earlier this year, and the two sides have been fighting in the south, complicating UN efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in the overall conflict. Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik was reappointed to head the new […]

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