The protests in eastern Yemen intensified for the third day in a row, and the residents showed on Tuesday against the long power outages during the incendiary heat.
Salem Bin Abark from the Associated Press said that hundreds of demonstrators in Mundala, the capital of Hadramot Province, have created tents in the streets, and chanted against the internationally recognized government in Aden, where they demanded the restoration of electricity.
The protests erupted on Sunday in response to the electrical authorities, which now last more than 19 hours a day. The frequent power outage this summer is due to a lack of fuel, according to the electricity officials of the Electricity Corporation in Aden, whose names were blocked because they were not allowed to speak publicly.
At the height of the demonstrations, the demonstrators set fire to the tires and banned the coastal city of the city, as Ahmed Al -Dahdouh said. The demonstrators also besieged the construction of the General Electricity Corporation in the Hadramote coast on Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of lack of fuel due to lack of diesel and oil imports, corruption and budget deficit. The power outage intersection is the water supply supplies and the increase in fuel prices, according to L. A report issued on Tuesday By Sari Global, a center that provides geopolitical and security analysis of NGOs and companies.
The report said: “Although the economic decrease and the interruption of service are familiar facts in southern Yemen, the huge scope of the electricity crisis in Mundala and the rapid spread of disturbances represents a dangerous turning point,” the report said.
Sari Al -Alami said that the fuel shortage is also due to the disrupted fuel transportation methods to Mukalla and closed power plants, while the fuel supplier Petromasila has delivered fuel quantities on a weekly basis instead of daily.
Hadramot’s Confederation, a association representing the province’s tribes, said in a statement on Monday that Hadramot’s residents have long suffered from the lack of daily life necessities, including electricity, water, proper education and health care, as well as the deterioration of the local currency.
“These are the main reasons for what is happening now in the capital, Mukala, and some provinces, and they are the result of the accumulations that are still suffering from,” the statement said, citing internal corruption as part of the problem.
Some areas in Yemen have witnessed insecurity in the water in addition to the power outages, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council. The organization said in a statement on Tuesday that low seasonal rains have already led to a terrible situation for the two Yemenis trying to reach clean water in rural areas and cities, where the rain is expected to decrease by 40 %.
Yemeni journalist Abdel -Qaber Bagabir, General Manager of TV3AD channel, was arrested on Monday during the protests on unlimited charges and imprisonment in Mundala. According to the committee to protect journalistsWhich called for his immediate release.
“The arrest of Bagabir is another example of the systematic campaign to silence journalists in Hadramot and the regions controlled by the internationally recognized Yemeni government (IRG),” Carlos Martinez de la Sirna, director of the CPJ.
Yemen The destroyed civil war It started in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sana and many northern Yemen, forcing the internationally recognized government on exile. A coalition led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including the United Arab Emirates, intervened the following year in an attempt to restore the government.
Supported Emirates Southern Transitional Council It controls most of the south, which was broken due to the civil war. The council calls for the secession of the south and has its own militia forces allied with the internationally recognized government fighting the Houthis.
