SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni authorities deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden Wednesday, as protesters were expected to...
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni authorities deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden Wednesday, as protesters were expected to take to the streets in the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations .
On Monday and Tuesday, security forces moved in to disperse the demonstrations, beating protesters with batons and barricading the entrances of some streets, three witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday.a group backed by the United Arab Emirates that controls much of the south in the country fractured by nine years of civil war.
The government in the south pays up to $1 billion a year to seven private companies to import fuel, but is behind on payments.The companies, which have links to the STC, were angered after Prime Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak announced the government would open public tenders to buy fuel, a government official told The Associated Press. The companies stand to lose the benefits they enjoyed when they sold fuel in the past.
Moammar al-Eryani, the information minister and government spokesperson, did not immediately respond to requests for comment by The Associated Press.
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