After the Spring
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- Friday, 01 February 2013
- Written by Juan Herrero
After the uprisings in 2011, Yemen now walks through a rough transition where the absence of a proper government, divided and unprofessional security forces, a real proliferation of AQAP (Al Qaida in the Arab Peninsula), worsening hunger and depleting natural resources draw a line which every citizen has to cross.
The country nowadays could have turned to a "Somalia 2" if it wasn't for that ancestral-tribal way that Yemenis have of dealing with each other and coping with hard times. That special sense of understanding and solving conflict beyond the rules, beyond the law of the state, which makes them endure where others would wither.
Yemen, Years 2011- 2012
