YEMEN Press Agency

Angry demonstrations block Aden’s streets

ADEN, Jan. 13 (YPA) – The port city of Aden, southern Yemen, witnessed on Wednesday angry demonstrations, in protest of the delaying of salaries payment and the closing of exchange shops their doors to citizens, local sources reported. The…

Sudanese Apache plane crashes

KHARTOUM, Jan. 13 (YPA) - A Sudanese military Apache plane crashed on Wednesday in the state of Gedarif, which borders the state of Ethiopia, Sudanese sources reported. The military sources said that the plane was carrying weapons and…

Aden’s Central Bank to close exchange shops

ADEN, Jan. 13 (YPA) – The Central Bank in Aden city, southern Yemen, on Wednesday directed the Money Exchange Association to close exchange shops starting from tomorrow, Thursday. The move comes after the recent rapid collapse of the riyal…

Sanaa, ICRC discuss cooperation areas

SANAA, Jan. 12 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Abdullah, met on Tuesday in Sanaa with Director of Operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Dominik Stillhart. They discussed areas of cooperation between…

Gold prices stabilize in Yemeni markets

SANAA, Jan. 12 (YPA) - The gold prices maintained their relative stability on Tuesday in the Yemeni goldsmith markets. The last update of prices in the goldsmith shops in the capital Sanaa, according to the “Yemen Economist” website, is as…