All eyes on Aden
As the optimism of the Arab Spring fades, Yemen’s struggle against autocracy continues. Unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, the departure of the country’s President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has not heralded the beginning of a new era. Instead, it has deepened a dangerous political stalemate. Yesterday, that stalemate grew ever more tenuous as a car bomb killed 8 government soldiers and wounded 18 in Aden. Whilst media attention focuses on Sana’a and Abyan, the situation in this southern port city grows worse […]
