Posts Tagged ‘Yemen’

Decision on $200 billion Yemen-Djibouti development ‘due by April’

By Ben Flanagan • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Dubai-based developer says it is ‘confident’ that approval will be given for the creation of two new cities and a 28.5km bridge spanning the Red Sea.


Failing state

By Olivia Cuthbert • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Special report, Yemen

Yemen’s many problems could soon render the country ungovernable, enabling the lawlessness in the Horn of Africa to leap across the Gulf of Aden, says Trends magazine.


Direct flights between Yemen and UK suspended

By Kipp • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

British PM launches measures to enhance security after failed Detroit plane attack.


Fighting forces mass evacuation in Saudi

By Aarti Nagraj • Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: Saudi Arabia

People from more than 240 villages have been forced to flee as the kingdom’s border tensions with Yemen escalate.


Dubai to help Yemen establish financial market

By Kipp • Oct 31st, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) is helping Yemen set up its first financial market...


Will the GCC embrace Yemen? Part II

By Ian Munroe • Jul 20th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Yemen, politics

Yemen's political and home security issues have isolated the nation in the past; but GCC nations are beginning to invite Yemen into their political fold. Part II


Will the GCC embrace Yemen? Part I

By Ian Munroe • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Regional, Yemen, politics

Yemen's political and home security issues have isolated the nation in the past; but GCC nations are beginning to invite Yemen into their political fold. Part I


Yemeni sentenced to death for murdering Jewish man

By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Yemen's court of appeals sentenced a former air force pilot to death on Sunday for…


Is the GCC preparing to welcome its new member?

By Aarti Nagraj • May 20th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, Regional, The Life

While the six Gulf countries agreed to let Yemen join them by 2015, are they taking adequate steps for a smooth admission?


Qat’s out of the bag, Part II

By Kipp • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, The Life

Yemen’s leafy stimulant is either destroying the country or saving it from disaster. Which is it? Part II of a series


The qat’s out of the bag

By Louis • Oct 23rd, 2008 • Category: Article, Cover Story, The Life, spend it

Yemen’s leafy stimulant is either destroying the country or saving it from disaster. Which is it? Part 1 of a series


Old car rules will create new money-making opportunities

By Kipp • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Expect classics to be bought at a premium, older cars to be bought cheap and exported to Yemen.


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