Power outages in Aden worsen, sparking outrage among residents

ADEN, Sept. 15 (YPA) -The power crisis in Aden city controlled by the Saudi-led coalition, has worsened, with residents now enduring up to 11 hours of power outages for only two hours of electricity, sparking widespread anger among the city’s population.

The severe outages have been caused by the pro-coalition government’s inability to purchase fuel shipments for power plants, coinciding with a growing bread crisis. Importers are struggling to secure hard currency to bring in basic goods, further exacerbating the city’s hardships.

Citizens are hoping for an improvement in electricity services by the end of this week, but growing frustration has led to calls for protests in the city, driven by rising temperatures and increasing complaints about the long hours of power outages.

The pro-coalition government is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis, unable to pay civil servant salaries or import the necessary fuel to run power stations across the country. These failures are impacting basic services for citizens in various sectors.

This crisis comes amid a fierce political conflict between members of the “Presidential leadership Council,” loyal with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as a power struggle between Prime Minister “Salem Bin Braik” and Aden’s central bank governor Al-Ma’abqi.

The conflict led Saudi Arabia to suspend a $1 billion deposit to Aden’s central bank last Saturday, which was intended to support economic reforms.

As a result, the people of Aden and other southern and eastern regions of Yemen have become the primary victims of foreign political agendas. Essential services, particularly electricity, are being used as leverage in a broader power struggle, leaving citizens in the dark while political factions fight for dominance, without paying attention to the growing suffering of the population.

@E.Y.M