Radio Erena: 14 October, 2014
Yemen’s president has appointed a diplomat as prime minister just days after Shiite rebels who control the country’s capital forced out his predecessor.
The official news agency SABA says President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi chose Khaled Bahah, Yemen’s ambassador to the United Nations, to the post after rival political groups gave backing to the selection.
Born in 1965, Bahah is from southern Yemen, studied banking and graduated from an Indian university. He previously served as oil minister and ambassador to Canada.
Shiite Houthi rebels have controlled Sanaa since last month. Their rejection last week of Hadi’s previous choice of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as prime minister prompted him to resign.
Bahah’s appointment Monday could ease the political deadlock in this impoverished Arabian Peninsula country after the Houthis’ rise to power.
Source:- SABA
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