by Mustapha Al Noman | Feb 20, 2014 | Opinion
Before the start of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference in Yemen, some members of the technical committee insisted on beginning with measures to build confidence in the South and normalize the situation in Saada. These measures would provide a means to...
by Mustapha Al Noman | Jan 19, 2014 | Opinion
On December 23, 2013, Yemeni state media broadcast footage of a meeting during which the a document called the “Solutions and Guarantees Relating to the Southern Issue” was signed. State media announced that this document would bring about salvation and secure a...
by Mustapha Al Noman | Jan 10, 2014 | Opinion
Just over a month separates the Yemenis from the end of the transitional period set by the Gulf Initiative—February 21, 2014—and its protracted implementation mechanism. It is clear that other political deals are being discussed and concluded by the main participants...
by Mustapha Al Noman | Sep 10, 2013 | Opinion
The news that has preoccupied Yemeni public opinion in the past few days is that signatories to the Gulf Initiative for Yemen and its executive mechanisms have almost reached an agreement whereby Yemen could become a federal state with a presidential system. This was...
by Mustapha Al Noman | Sep 3, 2013 | Opinion
Everybody expected that the transitional period, which the Gulf Initiative for Yemen and its executive mechanisms stipulated should last for two years ending in February 2014, would be an approach to solving Yemen’s problems. Some also expected that the...
