VOL. XLI

No. 29

20-July-1998

YEMEN

Yemen Unrest Continues; Saudi Arabia Protests Demarcation Of Yemeni-Omani Border

Popular unrest resulting from the Yemeni Government's decision in June to raise fuelprices and cut subsidies on essential foodstuffs - which over a period of two weeks claimed several lives inclashes between demonstrators and security forces (MEES, 22 and 29 June, and 6July) - has resurfaced, with reports on 10 July that tribesmen in the Marib-Jawf area hadblown up the Hunt/Exxon...