Wednesday, January 21, 2009
advertisements
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has agreed to host former Somali president
Abdullahi Yusuf and his family after he requested to live in the
Arabian Peninsula country, a Yemeni government official said on
Wednesday.
Yusuf, who had been accused by donor countries and regional
governments of being an obstacle to U.N.-hosted peace talks in the
anarchic Horn of Africa nation, resigned late in December ending a
deadlock at the top of the interim government.
Yusuf's family was expected to arrive in Yemen later on Wednesday but the former president himself would arrive at a later stage, the official said.
Asked if Yusuf would be granted political asylum, the official said that he had requested to "live" in Yemen with his family. He did not elaborate.
SOURCE: Reuters,Wednesday, January 21, 2009